[Opinion] Jason Pierre-Paul 4th of July Fireworks Accident, Revisited: How Former Giant Overcame Career-Threatening Injury

Jon Jones Issues 4th of July Warning to Avoid Similar Fate as Rapper 4Xtra, NFL’s Jason Pierre-Paul

The Fourth of July is usually loud with firework explosions and celebrations. But sometimes, it ends in silence and regret. That’s why UFC legend Jon Jones had a message for his followers this Independence Day. It wasn’t about titles, comebacks, or legacy. It was about safety. From his home seemingly still not unpacked, surrounded by his pet dog, Dutch, Jones sent out a light-hearted warning that contained a grain of serious, real-world implicat…

Jason Pierre-Paul 4th of July fireworks accident, revisited: How former Giant overcame career-threatening injury

Here's what to know about the NFL linebacker's fireworks-related hand injury from 2015.

JPP opinions Fourth of July crash that altered his life

Jordan RaananJul 4, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Jordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and could be listened to organizing on ESPNRadio Raanan signed up with ESPN in 2016. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.– Former New York Giants protecting finish Jason Pierre-Paul doesn’t wait. He has that Fourth of July crash one decade in the past that expense him “2½” fingers– the like he does every of his 94.5 occupation sacks. He has no choice nonetheless to be…

I'm Super Bowl champ who lost part of my hand in 4th of July firework accident

A freak firework accident almost cost Jason Pierre-Paul his career. But despite getting his hand almost blown off, he made it back on an NFL field. He was lucky. Pierre-Paul had to learn to play with a giant club on his right handGetty A decade ago, on July 4, 2015, Pierre-Paul was involved in a serious accident that almost blew off his entire right hand. At that point in time, Pierre-Paul was already a Super Bowl champion, All-Pro, and two-time…