A man who lost half of his leg in a logging accident near Boistfort on Monday is in stable condition, according to friends who are working to raise money for his recovery.
Crews with Lewis County Fire District 13 and Lewis County Fire District 6 responded to a call for help at about 7:45 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 9, according to Gregg Peterson, a volunteer for District 13 who is also the interim chief of Lewis County Fire District 5.
“The report was an individual with a serious leg injury was being driven down from the 4,000 line to meet crews at the elementary school,” Peterson recalled Tuesday, referring to Boistfort Elementary School.
The man, identified by friends as Steven Lundy, was reportedly putting a new drop line down when it sucked him into the sheave and amputated his leg from below the knee.
Airlift Northwest and American Medical Response transported Lundry from Boistfort Elementary School to Tacoma General Hospital via helicopter. He was “in stable condition and unbelievably maintaining good spirits,” one of his friends, Kayla Trodahl, wrote Monday afternoon.
Trodahl launched a crowdfunding campaign at gofundme.com benefitting Lundy on Monday with a goal of raising $10,000 to “help alleviate some of the stress of the unknown and help pay for medical, recovery, monthly bills, etc. to help navigate an entire new way of life,” she wrote.
Lundy himself “has asked only for prayers,” Trodahl stated. “Being as humble as he is, I asked before taking the initiative on making this, but I can’t imagine the long road ahead of Steve for recovery alone. He is suffering the complete loss of his right leg from the knee down.”
Lundy is a veteran who served multiple deployments in Iraq, and his son is set to follow in his footsteps, Trodahl said.
"You won’t ever find him not proud of his kids, complimenting someone else, giving a kind word, or saying something to make you laugh till your stomach hurts,” she wrote.
For more information or to donate, visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/steven-lundy-logging-accident.
In a social media post on Monday, Lewis County Fire District 13 Chief Gwen Turner thanked all the parties involved in getting Lundry emergency medical care.
“Sometimes people ask me, chief, why do you train with other districts and with other medical providers? This is why,” Turner wrote in a Facebook post. “Today we responded to a need and were able to smoothly get the need met … Taking the time to work together when the pressure is off, makes the time when the pressure is on much more manageable.”
