BRAVE TOM HAS EARNED HIS SPIKES.Byline: JEREMY ARMSTRONG BRAVE Thomas Harris holds the six-inch metal spikes which came so close to killing him. Thomas, 11, slipped as he climbed a park fence near his home and one spike pierced pierced adj. 1. Cut through with a sharp instrument; perforated. 2. Of or relating to a body part that has been perforated for the purpose of attaching a piece of jewelry. 3. his leg, narrowly missing major arteries. But his quick-thinking brother Daniel ran for help. Then, as Thomas's screams could be heard streets away, his dad Simon held him while firefighters cut him free. Now on the road to recovery in hospital, Thomas is determined to get back to playing football and wants to display the spikes as a "trophy" on his bedroom wall. Thomas, of Washington, Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear, former metropolitan county, NE England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Newcastle upon Tyne conurbation and comprised five metropolitan districts: Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, , said: "The pain was 10-and-a-half out of 10. It was horrible." Cabbie cab·by or cab·bie n. pl. cab·bies A cabdriver. [cab1 + -y3. Simon, 33, added: "My arms were shaking as I supported his weight. But I would not give up. He is so lucky not to have lost his leg." |
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