My son's orthopedist is a wonderful man by the name of Dr. Andy Sullivan. He's chairman of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Oklahoma. My family and I were taking a tour of the Murrah Building bombing museum a while back. We came to an exhibit that contained a long knife (looked almost like a bread knife), a piece of cord, and a pocket knife. We read that our Doctor Sullivan had been called to the scene of the bombing to rescue a lady who was trapped in the basement. There was no extricating her without first amputating her right leg at the knee. Dr. Sullivan did this at great risk to his personal safety with only the use of his left hand (he's right handed).
It turns out he was so cramped in there, that the proper knives he brought dulled way too early due to frequent striking of the surrounding jagged concrete. He had to resort to his own personal pocket knife to complete the procedure and while viewing this very pocket knife I could easily see it was a Case Peanut (there was an advertisement etched onto the main blade. It looked pretty new).
Here's a link to the court transcript containing his testimony. Its very much worth reading. Just search for "Sullivan" on the page and you will find the start of his testimony about 2/3 of the way down.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9703/okc.trial/transcripts/december/122997.pm.txt
It turns out he was so cramped in there, that the proper knives he brought dulled way too early due to frequent striking of the surrounding jagged concrete. He had to resort to his own personal pocket knife to complete the procedure and while viewing this very pocket knife I could easily see it was a Case Peanut (there was an advertisement etched onto the main blade. It looked pretty new).
Here's a link to the court transcript containing his testimony. Its very much worth reading. Just search for "Sullivan" on the page and you will find the start of his testimony about 2/3 of the way down.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9703/okc.trial/transcripts/december/122997.pm.txt
