Maine man carrying own severed arm saved by workers sanding sidewalks

Public workers trained in use of tourniquets credited with saving life of man injured while operating band saw

A man who stumbled along a street in Maine carrying his own severed arm was saved by two public workers who saw him and happened to be trained in the use of tourniquets, authorities said.

It had to be divine intervention because two of my best guys just happened to be there sanding sidewalks," said Mary Ann Brenchick, director of Lewiston Public Works. It couldn't have been better guys for this kind of situation."