Paul Anthony Allen died during a jousting re-enactment, they think because of failure to ensure a correct helmet and his shield was appropriately assembled. Mr. Allen, who had never jousted before despite practicing with a lance and shield, was hit by a splinter from a balsa wood tip designed to break on impact with the opponent’s shield for safety. I broke off, as it was supposed to, but a piece flew up through the eye-slit of his helmet, hitting his eye socket. They Brought him to the hospital with the splinter still in his eye. He had an operation to remove the splinter, which penetrated 5in (13cm) into his head, but his condition did not improve and he died.
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That must have looked terrible and must really have hurt. It is strange that when you are wearing a suit and such protection like that, that the splinter, which is also unusual, flew up in his eye. That possibility is so little. They made the stick like it would break, it does, but with splinters. But they also gave him protection. If you hear it like this, they did not prepare it very well. Another pointed is that at the end of the story they say he died during something he really liked, but earlier in the story they said he never did it before.
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