Most of the Maryknoller priest and brothers in Shinyanga, Tanzania looked
forward to hunting trips to the wilderness area around Lake Eyasi.  During one
trip it was Brother John Wohead’s turn to cook.   Someone had mistakenly put a
jerry can of gasoline next to the cooking fire in place of the normal jerry can
of drinking water.  When John went to pour some water into a pot on the fire,
the petrol ignited splashing over him as well.  He managed to get his pants off
quickly and to roll on the ground to extinguish the flames, but he was still
badly burned.  Father Don Sybertz claims to have saved John by covering him with
a blanket, but to this day John continues to chide Don, "You were too late!"  To
which Don always retorts, "You still haven’t thanked me for saving your life!"