“My blind son picking them up off the ground. The way he’s blind, he sees sparkles.”

— Doughlas Baker, retired, Lawrence

“A friend of mine took a stick off a bottle rocket and tossed it. It went into my shoe and gave me a third degree burn on my foot.”

— Billy Davis, online record store owner, Lawrence

“When I was in eighth grade we went down to the Lake of the Ozarks and we were on the dock and one of them exploded. Everybody had to jump in the water.”

— Jamie Webb, caterer, Kansas City, Mo.

“When I was a little kid I was lighting a firework and ran away immediately after; it was a rocket. I stuck the punk right in my arm. I have the scar to this day.”

— Tommy Gish, video producer, Topeka