Nearly one year ago, a July 4 fireworks incident left Jason Pierre-Paul with a severely mangled right hand. Now the Giants defensive end is doing his part to make sure nobody else suffers the same fate.
Pierre-Paul appeared in a “Fireworks Hurt” public service announcement which debuted Thursday morning, telling the story of how fireworks changed his life forever and offering safety tips.
“I lit off a firework, thought I could throw it away real quick,” Pierre-Paul said in the PSA, which was produced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. “In a split second, it blew off my whole hand.