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Karson Coker thought the burns weren’t that bad. Then he was airlifted to Grady, where he survived surgeries, infection
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Karson and Calah Coker are back at home in Clermont as Karson continues to recover from severe burns he suffered while trying to clear brush on his land in White County in August. Following the accident he was airlifted to Grady Hospital in Atlanta for treatment. - photo by Scott Rogers
When the fire swept over his body, Karson Coker was initially thinking first-degree burns and a trip to Northeast Georgia Medical Center. “It wasn’t like I was standing there on fire,” he said. But that changed quickly after first responders arrived Aug. 22 at Coker and wife Calah’s 100-acre White County farm where had been trying to burn brush.