Dr. Sam Lopez works with Robert Lorence as part of a daily routine at the Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital Medical Building Tuesday. Lorence was severely burned in a fireworks warehouse accident on June 3. For the first few minutes after the accident, it seemed like everything was going to be fine.
Burns can be a deceptive wound.
At least they fooled Robert and Shirley Lorence. Robert didn't return to work the next day at the fireworks warehouse owned by Marv Kohler Enterprises at Hastings Industrial Park East. He said he doesn't remember the events of the next month. He couldn't speak to his family for almost as long. He had to learn to swallow again.