Another lawn mower repair tip

Those guards are no joke. I had a good friend who was cutting his grass. The blade picked up a long piece of safety wire that was hiding in the grass. The wire shot out and buried itself in my friend's foot. He was wearing jogging shoes at the time. The wire had gone through his shoe and into his foot about 3/4 of an inch. He said it felt like a bullet had hit his foot. His Dad had to pull it out with vice grips because plyers wouldn't move the wire at all. And yes, he let out a loud yell when his Dad pulled the wire out of his foot.