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Harrison Ford was airlifted to hospital today after injuring himself on the set of the latest Star Wars film.
The actor, 71, was filming at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire when a hydraulic garage door fell and hit him.
Ford who is reprising his role as the buccaneering Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode VII was treated by medics after he fell to the ground and was stretchered onto a helicopter.
The air ambulance took him to the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford, which has a trauma unit that specialises in fractures.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2656572/Harrison-Ford-airlifted-hospital-injuring-set-new-Star-Wars-film.html#ixzz34SQXpkNO
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Oops - wrong Harrison Ford (who knew there were two? )
JI7
(89,283 posts)Glorfindel
(9,740 posts)But it seems a bit unfair to characterize "a hydraulic garage door fell and hit him" as "injuring himself." Unless, of course, he pulled the thing down on top of himself.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Prisoner_Number_Six
(15,676 posts)He saw his opening and he went for it. Or, as he probably said, "Waaauuuugggghhhhhhhh!"
unblock
(52,440 posts)Sarah George, 20, and Megan Freeman, 22, were on a five-hour climb of 11,106-foot Table Mountain on July 31 when heat, altitude and dehydration left George sick and unable to take more than a couple steps. After another hiker called for help on a cell phone, Air Force One star Ford took to the air.
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He was wearing a T-shirt and a cowboy hat, said George. He didnt look like Id ever seen him before.
The ailing George vomited into the hat with about a minute to go before landing at Jacksons St. Johns Hospital.
I cant believe I barfed in Harrison Fords helicopter, she said.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Yes, Harrison's a helluva guy, beyond his acting!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I really want that on my headstone (even though I am getting cremated). I know- my obituary.
unblock
(52,440 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)now I need to buddy up with Harrison Ford.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)postulater
(5,075 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)In fact, I think I need to go to the fridge and get a cool drink, that's so hot.
dickthegrouch
(3,188 posts)Injured in Silver Screen Combat, he should receive something.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)or so I am told.
csziggy
(34,139 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)but I would think the friction would rub off the hair.
csziggy
(34,139 posts)Maybe THAT is where wookies come from?
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)maybe they are on to something.
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)who shot first?
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)K&R
Get Well Soon
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,506 posts)Thanks for the thread, Jesus Malverde.
Maine-i-acs
(1,501 posts)right before the door closed?
catnhatnh
(8,976 posts)Princess Leia (Looking deeply into his eyes): "I know...."
antiGOPin294
(53 posts)I can't wait to see him as Han Solo again. It's definitely one of his best roles.