NEWS & OBSERVER: Are there ‘safe’ fireworks? A fire expert says no – and so does this burn victim

“Leah McCleskey’s life changed the moment the firework landed in her lap.

On July 4, 2018, McCleskey, her husband Jon and their son were sitting on a blanket watching a fireworks display in a field at Hand Middle School in Columbia, SC. Her son, then 4 years old, had left the comfort of her lap just before the packet of explosives dropped into it.”