Matthew Lowe's shattered pelvis, held together by nails.

It’s one of the most amazing stories of survival I’ve ever heard.  A 25-year-old father of one from Birdwell, Barnsley in South Yorkshire named Matthew Lowe was sucked through a giant metal processing machine, had his entire body smashed and mangled, yet he’s alive today.  Call it a miracle, because what he went through should’ve killed him.  Matthew Lowe was pulled through a gap the size of a CD case and mangled by a machine, but he’s here today.  All in all, Lowe survived with a broken right arm, shattered pelvis, broken back (in two places), fractured ribs (several), and a torn stomach and bowel.  As you can see above, he was in a bad way, but the important thing is he lived.

“I still don’t know how I didn’t die. As the machine dragged me through I just relaxed because I knew I couldn’t do anything and I thought that was the end for me.” said Matthew in an interview with The Daily Mail.  “I was walking away when my overalls were caught up in the machinery and I was pulled backwards.  My head went one side of the machine but my body was dragged sideways through a gap just five inches wide.  As soon as the machine got me I knew what was going to happen to I just relaxed and hoped for the best.  There was nothing I could do to get away, I was completely trapped.  In the end it crushed my body, ripped my clothes to shreds and literally spat me out at the other end, but I was still alive.”

What saved Matthew’s life, aside from some talented surgeons?  He went through the gap head-first, and his head made it through before the gap narrowed to CD case size.  Matthew’s only continued problem from the accident is a weakened right arm.  He’s still employed at Compass Engineering, and is training to be a site supervisor.

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