A 19-year-old lost his right hand in a fireworks accident on the Fourth of July trying to prevent two young children from getting hurt. "I was one of those horror stories that I was always told about, 'Stay away from the fireworks, you’ll blow your hand off.' Quite literally that exactly happened," said Ryli Baumgartner. Baumgartner's story is different. He was at a family friend's Fourth of July celebration where fireworks were being set off. He said someone there was intoxicated and threw a sparkler bomb. "As soon as I saw them light it and toss it a few feet in front of them, I was instantly scared and thought as soon as this thing goes off they're blind or dead," Baumgartner said. Baumgartner said two young children ran toward the firework. He then jumped into action and grabbed the lit firework, but it exploded in his hand. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/teen-loses-hand-fireworks-accident-trying-prevent-children-from-getting-hurt/281-dbbf02f6-ea14-4795-854a-122d023683ad