Chair Perch Treacherous For Coach

They call Frank Sinatra the Chairman of the Board.

Maybe Kevin Frandsen can take the name Bored by the Chair.

Frandsen, University High School’s boys track and field coach, came within an inch of big trouble last week during a Greater Spokane League meet at Rogers High School.

A killer chair was to blame.

The chair in question acted up when Frandsen stood on it to get a photograph of the boys high jump competition.

Frandsen lost his balance and began to tumble. He protected his camera with one hand and tried to brace his fall with the other hand.

“It didn’t hurt that much,” Frandsen remembered thinking after he landed.

But the coach couldn’t get up. One leg of the vicious chair was stuck in his side, near his armpit.

Spectators nearly swooned when Frandsen pulled the chair leg out of his body.

“I suddenly had a handful of blood, so I thought I’d better investigate,” he said.

With a prankster assistant coach shooting the action, Frandsen took off his shirt to reveal a gaping hole.

“It ruined my favorite U-Hi track shirt,” Frandsen said.

Frandsen wanted to see one of the meet’s upcoming events, but decided a trip to the hospital was in order. An assistant coach did the driving; en route Frandsen finally stopped the flow of blood.

A doctor gave Frandsen some jolly news: Another inch and he would have severed a large vein that may not have stopped bleeding.

Young children, take note. Frandsen promises to stop standing on chairs, and urges you to do the same.