A former Military Ranger was practically sliced in half when he was struck by a propeller of a ship that ran him over in a disturbing hit-and-run as he snorkeled off the coast of the Bahamas throughout a household trip.
Brent Slough, from Prosper, Texas, is in crucial situation at an ICU in Miami, Florida, after struggling a number of fractures and deep gashes within the horrifying incident on June 30.
Slough was snorkeling roughly 20 ft off the shore of Exuma when a speedboat, captained by two males, barreled via the waters and into the daddy of two earlier than taking off, CBS Texas reported.
The 42-year-old was along with his spouse, Whitney, and their two daughters, who witnessed the grisly hit-and-run, for a 10-day trip on the island.
“I felt like a thump thump, and I used to be like, ‘did I simply get hit by a ship?'” Slough informed the outlet. “My left leg wasn't functioning, and I felt like one thing was fallacious with my decrease physique.”
Slough was practically cut up in two by the highly effective blades that struck just under his buttocks.
“His backside was virtually fully indifferent from his legs,” a horrified Whitney Slough mentioned.
The wounded father managed to drag himself above water and noticed the boat that allegedly struck him dashing away from the scary scene.
“So I surfaced and I appeared to my proper and I see two guys in a ship and certainly one of them seems again they usually simply carry on going,” he mentioned.
Slough's older daughter rushed to her dad's support and pulled him to shore utilizing a float, based on the outlet.
Slough was rushed to a hospital on Exuma earlier than being transferred roughly half-hour away to a medical middle in Nassau.
The care at each services was thought of “inadequate,” and Slough was airlifted on an ambulance jet to Miami, Fla. the place he went into surgical procedure earlier than being hospitalized within the ICU, according to a GoFundMe arrange for his spouse.
“The physician informed me, ‘Please get to a hospital in Miami, you'll want to get to the US for one thing this traumatic,'” Slough mentioned.
Medical doctors are involved that Slough's accidents are nonetheless life-threatening, fearing the lacerations can change into contaminated.
Whitney Slough left her daughters again within the Bahamas to journey together with her husband to the US.
“It breaks my coronary heart as a result of we're not on trip collectively, and we're not with our ladies on the similar time,” she informed CBS Texas. “I'm so grateful that he's alive.”
Slough graduated from West Level earlier than turning into an Military Ranger in his six-year army service, the place he served one tour in Iraq.
The decided spouse is returning to her youngsters to help authorities find the boaters she believes are conscious of hitting her husband.
“Oh, they're going to be discovered,” she mentioned. “It's towards the legislation to be inside 200 ft of the shore. Brent was about 20 ft out … I simply want they'd flip themselves in, but when they don't flip themselves in, then we've to seek out them.”
Whitney Slough credited God for saving her husband, regardless of his grotesque accidents.
“This was God getting us via this 100%,” she added.
