June 21
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- A man felt the pain of the gas tank, and he wasn't even at a pump. Dwight Clark's dilemma occurred Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot of a pharmacy when he apparently tried to clear some gunk from around the opening of the gas tank. His finger got stuck in his gas tank's opening.

"His finger went in past the knuckle and was stuck," Huntsville Fire & Rescue Capt. Locke said. "People had sprayed WD40 all over, but that didn't work."

He said rescue workers tried several ways to free Clark without cutting the metal because he didn't want them to damage his truck. But they eventually had to cut through.

"We started with a Sawzall, but the vibrations made it too painful for him, then we used tin snips to finish it."

It took about 25 minutes to get the fuel valve out, with Clark still stuck. He was then taken to Huntsville Hospital, where doctors worked to free his finger.

"I've been a firefighter for 16 years and I've never seen anything like it before," Locke said.
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Sheesh what kind of gunk was around there???

What a goob.

I'm sorry, I laughed.

..But now I will avoid sticking my finger in that hole.

Hehe...

*falls off her chair laughing*
Too funny! What an eejit!

Leave it to a man to do something like that, let alone a man from the south...

Poor guy...his pride was probably more hurt, then his finger.

there are always holes we should avoid putting our fingers into but we wont go there

well at least the car wasnt moving when he had his finger stuck and if he was at the pharmacy he should have gotten some cotten buds and used those instead