Does This Look Like The Face Of A Guy Who Channeled MacGyver In Order To Saw Off His Arm In An Attempt To Free It From A Boiler?

Hartford, Conn. -- Jonathan Metz had his left arm stuck in his furnace boiler for about 12 hours when he asked himself "what would MacGyver do?" and concluded that amputating the limb was his only chance for survival. The 31-year-old West Hartford man, who was released from the hospital Monday, met with the news media Tuesday for the first time since getting his arm stuck in his furnace for two days and nearly cutting off the limb. Metz said when the thought of amputation first crossed his mind, he pushed it away. He considered other options and thought of the 1980s television character who always found a way to use mundane objects in his surroundings to get himself out of tough situations. "I definitely dithered for a few hours after coming up with the initial idea," he said. "I thought there must be some other way, so I kind of started looking around my surroundings again. Maybe there was something I missed. You know, what would MacGyver do if he were here?" Metz said he spent six hours psyching himself up for the self-amputation. Finally he looked to his tool box, which he had within reach. Metz said he first used a hacksaw blade, then used a larger blade, which he hoped would make the operation go smoother. He nearly succeeded, but couldn't make it through a bundle of nerves. Metz, who lives alone, had been trying to clean off the heating vents on his furnace boiler when he dropped either a brush or a Shop-Vac attachment on June 7. He was reaching in to retrieve it when his arm became stuck between the fins of the boiler.
Friends and co-workers at The Travelers, where Metz works in financial services, grew worried when he did not show up for work the next day and missed a softball game. When Metz did not answer the doorbell at his home the following day, a friend called police, who found Metz in the basement. His doctors said they hope to fit him for a prosthetic arm in a month.

Nice work MacGyver, I'm sure this is exactly how he would've handled it. Yup definitely woulda hacked his arm to shit after being stuck for a few hours. Never would've crossed his mind to maybe wait a day until people became worried when he didn't show up for his softball game and came looking for him. No that would be senseless. Instead you spend six hours psyching yourself up to chop this fucker off and then when you're all the way through and you've got your arm just hanging there by a bundle of nerves, you throw in the towel and just decided to wait for help. Totallyfuckinbelievable.

I just hope this isn't his throwing arm. Dude is gonna have to Jim Abbott it in rec league this upcoming season.