Buddy Valastro suffered a serious injury to his hand in 2020, but luckily his kids were nearby to help him. Valastro recounted the "crazy freak accident" to "GMA3: What You Need to Know" (via Good Morning America). He explained that he was fixing the bowling machine at the family home when things went horribly wrong. "I must've turned my head and then my right hand got caught between a fork and this other mechanism that goes through the fork and it kind of wedged my hand in there," he said. "It blew through my ring finger and my middle finger as it barbed in my hand and I was stuck. It kind of crushed my thumb cause it was still moving back and forth."

Valastro was in "excruciating pain" as Buddy Jr. and Marco, along with his brother-in-law, worked to free him before rushing him to the hospital. "I couldn't be prouder of my two sons — they jumped into action — and within five minutes they had to undo a bolt, saw off one piece of metal, and then I was in my driveway," he said.

In an appearance on "Today," Valastro again expressed his gratitude towards his sons, saying (via The U.S. Sun), "I just can't imagine that they had to go through this and they did what they did."

The injury required multiple surgeries and Valastro's family helped him through the long healing period. "My wife, with the recovery, was amazing, my kids, my sisters, my brother-in-laws," he told ET in 2021.