Well, if you're going to ask an athlete to be a spokesperson on firework safety, there's no one better to have than New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul.
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Pierre-Paul was injured last July 4th in a fireworks accident that resulted in the loss of most of his right hand—including his entire index finger. In the PSA, Pierre-Paul mentioned how he thought he could get rid of the explosive before it exploded, but failed to do so.
"In a split second it blew off my whole hand," Pierre-Paul said. "All I could do was think about my son and was I going to make it. Now I'm truly blessed to be alive. Now when I look at fireworks I think about safety."
If you take a look at his right hand, that should be more than enough evidence to keep even the most adventurous of us to stay away from fireworks.
You could lose a lot more than your hand.
[h/t Pro Football Talk]
