Loren Schauers suffered catastrophic injuries in a horrifying forklift accident that left his body severed in half. Now, years later, he’s answering the question many people keep asking.
What began as a routine day for Schauers, of Great Falls, Montana, took a devastating turn in 2019 when he plunged off a bridge while operating a forklift and saw his life flash before his eyes.
He was rushed to a hospital following the accident and underwent emergency surgery. His injuries were so severe that doctors had to amputate the entire lower half of his body, along with one arm. Surgeons warned him he would lose the lower half of his body and asked whether he wanted to proceed with the amputation.
“He looked them dead in the eye and told them he didn’t care if he was just a head on a plate, they’re going to do the surgery and they’re going to keep him alive,” his wife, Sabia, told The Sun.
Loren added: “It wasn’t a hard choice to have half of my body amputated – it was basically a choice of living or dying.”
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