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Thursday Aug. 3, 1989

Jack Mackie off critical list after logging accident

Jack Mackie of Seeley Lake has gone from critical to stable condition after an early morning logging accident two weeks ago.

A snag pierced through the seat of his D-6 cat and punctured his midsection on July 18 while working in the Fawn Creek area.

"We almost lost him," Yvonne Mackie, Jack's wife said.

Yvonee said Jack's midsection was crushed. When large bones are broken it is possible for bone marrow to enter the bloodstream, go to the lungs, and cause pneumonia.

Jack got pneumonia, which made the surgery that he nee...

 

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