More than 3,000 calls came into 911 on July 4th

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EVERETT — Thousands of calls came into 911 on the Fourth of July throughout the county, including a report of a man losing his hand to an explosive.

In all, Sno911 received 3,081 calls — about a 35 percent increase from a typical summer day. Of those, 849 came into a non-emergency line. More people used that resource than in recent years, said Kurt Mills, director of Sno911.

“We really appreciate the community using the non-emergency number to report noise and firework complaints,” he said. “It helps keep 911 open for people with real emergencies, and there were a number of firework-related incidents.”

Some of the most serious reports came from South County Fire and the Marysville Fire District, Mills said.

In one case, a man lost his hand, said Leslie Hynes, a spokeswoman for South County Fire.

“He was holding a firework,” she said. “It was described as a mortar.”

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Great American tradition, blowing ourselves up.

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1. I am retired from the OR

I always hated working/drawing call on the 4th, more so than any other holiday. More kids and more violent crimes in general. Fresh out of school, my first gig was a burn unit. My first 4th a firework factory blew up. It killed 17, we got the other 20 something.
I moved to the OR and the first 4th down there, I got a guy who had been hacked, nearly in half, with a machete. His guts were in a trash bag on the gurney next to him but he was conscious and asked me if he was going to die. There's one you don't forget...
Years later, I worked for a hand surgeon and then an eye surgeon. The 4th was a zoo. The family tradition continues, my brother in law a PA in the ER and his wife, a CRNA, both worked this 4th.