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Shells. >> the box was rolling end over end towards us. it landed two feet from my son's leg. for a split second, i thought, we're okay. >> but then, a shock. tyler takes a direct hit from a 3,000 degree shell launched out of the mortar box lying right next to him. >> i wasn't sure quite what happened. it just felt like i got kicked really hard in the back of the leg with and my ears were ringing. i heard my girlfriend running away screaming. i wanted to make sure she was all right. it was only after paramedics checked her out that i was like, hey, something is wrong with my leg. >> he exposed...

He sustains third-degree burns and shrapnel from the mortar box causes a gaping hole in his calf. >> he had a hole that a golf ball could have fit in. bad cuts on his ankle and his foot and up the back of his leg. >> so why did a summer evening of family celebrating turn to horror? what went wrong? the state police investigation reveals that a shell explodes inside its launch tube setting off a chain reaction, blasting a mortar box towards tyler and his family. the company is fined $3700. the company did not return our calls for comment. >> oh, my god! >> with such powerful shells fired by the...

About 20 minutes into the show, the finale begins. >> this is the finale. this is the song they always play on the 4th of july. >> but no one is prepared for what happens next. >> oh, my god. >> fireworks started going off at ground level. they just started shooting side ways. they were coming out towards the crowds and towards the people. >> they started going off quickly in all kinds of directions and towards us. >> the crowd begins to panic. >> it happened so quickly that there was really not time to react or even realize what was going on around us. you could hear the screams and people ye...

Bad cuts on his ankle and his foot and up the back of his leg. >> so why did a summer evening of family celebrating turn to horror? what went wrong? the state police investigation reveals that a shell explodes inside its launch tube setting off a chain reaction, blasting a mortar box towards jeremy and his family. the company is fined $3700. the company did not return our calls for comment. >> oh, my god! >> with such powerful shells fired by the company, the federal report insists they should have used sturdier steel mortar boxes instead of the weaker wooden ones. ten others get hurt that nig...

>> had he a hole that a golf ball could have fit in. bad cuts on his ankle and his foot and up the back of his leg. >> so why did a summer evening of family celebrating turn to horror? what went wrong? the state police investigation reveals that a shell explodes inside its launch tube setting off a chain reaction, blasting a mortar box straight toward tyler and his family. the company is fined $3700. the company did not return our calls for comment. >> oh, my god! >> with such powerful shells fired by the company, the federal report insists they should have used sturdier steel mortar boxes ins...