SEAL Describes Electrocution Accident That Nearly Required Amputation of All Limbs

What was said

"When you get electrocuted, your body goes through— it produces an enzyme very similar to rhabdo. All your muscles liquefy, they go septic. I gotta cut 'em out or you'll die. Pecs, lats, quads, hamstrings, delts, biceps, triceps, shoulders. Everything has to go."

Three weeks before his 2019 retirement, Shipley was electrocuted while fracture-burning skateboards as art therapy. The shock shattered his collarbone and scapula, blew holes through his body, and an ER doctor warned all major muscle groups would liquefy within hours requiring amputation. Miraculously, the enzyme never appeared in his bloodstream, and he survived without losing tissue.