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'A miracle from God': Man recovering after falling, being impaled by metal pole
John Davis suffered seven broken ribs and a collapsed lung after a barn ladder fall; family fundraises for airlift costs to St. Louis University Hospital ICU.
- On Sunday, John Davis, a 45-year-old man from Nashville, Illinois, fell from a ladder while collecting tin, and a pole pierced his right shoulder and left side of his neck; he was airlifted to St. Louis University Hospital and remains in the ICU.
- The ground gave way while they were collecting tin, causing the ladder to sink at the barn on the county boundary, prompting Tammy to call 911 and request responders from both Randolph County and Washington County.
- Medical staff said the pole missed his spinal cord, heart, and major vessels, and Christine James, ER nurse, saw him joking after surgeons removed it.
- Because the ride isn't covered by insurance, the family is fundraising to pay the helicopter airlift while Davis remains on antibiotics, oxygen and a fever as the church group prays.
- Doctors warned he has seven broken ribs and a collapsed lung, with recovery possibly taking six weeks or longer, while Tammy, who held his head at the scene, said `I am still scared`.
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