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Eyewitness: It was like a war zone

Updated: February 24, 2013, 2:03 PM ET
By David Newton | ESPN.com

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Terry Huckaby was 11 rows up from the frontstretch fence at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday when a long piece of flying metal gashed his brother's left leg.

The plumber from Hendersonville, Tenn., quickly ripped off his belt and wrapped it around the leg to stop blood gushing from a cut that went from his brother's left hip to the knee.

As he stepped back to let track emergency workers take care of his brother, 53-year-old Eddie Huckaby of Krum, ...

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