Crushed and facing a storm: How STARS defied the odds to save a life – SteinbachOnline.com [Video]

Can you imagine the weight of 18 tonnes of truck and 20 tonnes of excavator? 

To put this immense amount into perspective, the combined weight of the machinery is equivalent to about 22 cars. Picturing this number, however, was likely far from Sean Rickards’ mind as he found himself crushed between the two pieces of equipment. 

“I was broken within a millimetre of my life,” he said afterwards.  

In medical terms, Rickards’ extensive injuries consisted of broken ribs, shattered thoracic vertebrae, collapsed lungs, and other severe crush injuries. 

If the accident had happened in a region beyond the support of a STARShelicopter, Rickards probably wouldn’t have survived, but because of the charity boosted by the communities that rally behind it, he is alive and …