Long Story Short, They Had To Cut Off Area Guy's Arm

September 6, 2000 | Issue 36•31

PHOENIX–Long story short, surgeons were forced to amputate this guy's right arm above the elbow, sources reported Tuesday. "Yeah, well, the guy'll live, but, whoa," Mercy Hospital chief of surgery Dr. Ed Lane said. "Apparently, he was bombed out of his skull and wandered onto the Grove Street site where they're putting up that new library and, man, I won't go into it, but let's just say, 'So long, arm.'"