Actress Christy Carlson Romano was rushed to the hospital after a tragic accident during a clay pigeon shooting event at her husband’s birthday party.
Fans of the former Disney star were shocked to learn that Romano was shot in the face.
According to Fox News, Romano nearly lost an eye while shooting clay pigeons with her husband, Brendan Rooney.
The situation must have been quite frightening, as an Instagram video she published showed the extent of injuries to her face and eye.
She was reportedly “hit in five places” by “another party.”
The shocking picture shows Romano’s eye with a small hole right underneath it, showing just how close she was to permanently losing it.
Romano apparently attended the clay pigeon shooting event as a birthday outing with her husband.
Typically, such events go off without a hitch, but sometimes accidents happen.
“Yesterday was my husband’s birthday and I took him to shoot clay pigeons as a present,” she wrote on Instagram.
“There was another party with us and they unsafely fired in the wrong direction and shot me in the face.
“@thebrendanrooney immediately sprung into action, assessed me, and rushed me to the hospital.
“I was hit in 5 places, one was less than an inch from hitting me directly in my right eye.”
At the beginning of the video clip, Romano can be heard saying, “So, I got shot in the eye. It was not fun.”
“There’s a fragment here,” she added.
She tapped her face to show where the injury occurred and where the fragment was lodged.
“I’m very grateful to first responders as a whole,” Romano added.
“I mean, they’re just the most amazing superheroes to take care of us at our most desperate times.”
Christy Carlson Romano ‘shot in the eye’ during clay pigeon shooting outing with her husband for his birthday https://t.co/yw8zCVMNvJ pic.twitter.com/sRGXE9BO2x
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Romano told her fans that she felt lucky to be alive after the shooting, noting that felt it could have gone much worse and ended in tragedy.
“With everything that happened, all I can think about is how grateful I am to be alive,” she said.
“I love my daughters, husband, family, and friends so much.”
Romano added, “I saw my life flash before my eyes and I’m telling you, hug the people around you every chance you can.
“Life can change in an instant.”
Luckily the fragment didn’t go slightly higher, or this would be an entirely different story.
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