Sean Taylor Shot in the Thigh (UPDATED 6:54 PM)

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

If he was indeed shot in the femoral artery is it true to keep him alive they may need to amputate his leg?

No, only if the loss of blood to his leg was long enough. Not sure what they call this maybe gangreen (speeling) sets in they could have to amputate his leg but that could take several days to tell if that would or could be the case. They had a doc on the radio about this injury.