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- Hello, my name is Jason Henderson.

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July 2007 I was at my parent's home in West Virginia

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making my own M80-style fireworks.

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I got the instructions on how to make the device

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and ordered the chemicals off the internet.

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I even set off about two dozen of them.

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But I put together the last bit of the mixture,

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something went horribly wrong and the mixture exploded.

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As a result of the explosion, I lost both of my hands.

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I'm blind in my right eye,

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and I have multiple lacerations

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and puncture wounds covering my entire body.

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- I'm Ken Melson, Deputy Director for

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the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

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We don't want what happened to Jason to happen to you.

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If you know anyone making or selling fireworks illegally,

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please call the ATF at 1-888-ATF-BOMB.

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Don't be the show, go and enjoy the show.