23-year-old loses index finger after firework blows up in his hand in Miami

A Fourth of July celebration in a Miami neighborhood turned dangerous when a firework blew up in a young man s hand sending him to the hospital Area residents who spoke with News noted the -year-old victim was setting off fireworks with his friends along the block of Northwest th Street at around p m on Friday He grabbed the bomb one and I guess he didn t know it was a short fuse and so it exploded directly into his hands explained Jarielis Cortes who lives in the neighborhood Cortes who required not to show her face on camera declared she was outside watching a group set off fireworks at the time He screamed He was screaming in pain she revealed Cortes declared the young man was badly hurt His hand was bleeding a lot and he was holding it with his jacket revealed the woman who spoke with News Paramedics arrived within minutes and rushed the victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital His aunt stated her nephew is now dealing with severe burns and now has no right index finger When he was lighting the firework he noted he thought the string was long enough but it wasn t long enough and it blew up in his hand and it caused third-degree burns on his left hand and he s missing a right index finger she reported Nevertheless the aunt declared her nephew reported her he s thankful that the outcome was not worse When I spoke to him he stated that he s very grateful that it could have been worse He noted he s grateful to be alive she disclosed You know he s a tough guy he s a football competitor so he good he good This family hopes that by sharing this -year-old s story it will remind people of the dangers of handling fireworks It would have been way worse due to the power of it knocking his finger off disclosed the victim s aunt Experts say even sparklers can reach temperatures of degrees Fahrenheit so they stress that children whould only handle fireworks under the supervision of an adult