PESHTIGO, Wis. — The Latest on a Wisconsin man who survived shooting a nail into his chest with a nail gun:5:15 p.m. The doctor who operated on a Wisconsin man who shot himself with a nail gun says the nail punctured the patient’s heart. ——1:53 p.m.A Wisconsin man came perilously close to death after accidentally shooting a nail into his chest. Doug Bergeson tells WBAY-TV that he was working on a house he’s building near Peshtigo in June when his nail gun accidentally fired, sending a nail into his chest. Then he saw that only about an inch of 3 1/2 inch nail was sticking out of his chest.

Source: National Post August 15, 2017 22:18 UTC