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800-pound corpse hoisted from downtown Fresno room
The Fresno Bee ^
| May. 19, 2009
| Denny Boyles
Posted on 05/20/2009 4:09:58 AM PDT by Enterprise
Fresno firefighters had to remove a wall and use an improvised pulley system to remove a man believed to weigh more than 800 pounds who was found dead in a downtown residential hotel Tuesday night.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: asiahotel; fresno; hoist; obese; obesity
"A resident of the hotel, who would only identify himself as Rod, said no one had seen the dead man in several days.
"He had gained a lot of weight, several hundred pounds at least, just in the last year. I think he probably died several days ago," Rod said.
To: Enterprise
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:11:18 AM PDT
by
autumnraine
(Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson)
To: Enterprise
"He had gained a lot of weight, several hundred pounds at least, just in the last year. I think he probably died several days ago," Rod said. Talk about letting yourself go.
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:14:32 AM PDT
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: Enterprise
When I hear stories about these obese people, I wonder about the enablers..those who are supplying the food..it’s not like he walked to the store everyday....
To: Enterprise
hog was 8 feet long, 800 pounds
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:24:06 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Enterprise
I commend the mortician(s) that will receive the task of preparing the remains for burial.
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:24:29 AM PDT
by
SouthDixie
(We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly.)
To: Enterprise
Some friends who are a doctor and nurse couple have plenty of ugly stories of the trials and tribulations our hospitals have in dealing with the morbidly obese. It isn’t pretty. At all.
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:28:19 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
To: SouthDixie
That one will go to cremation. Ashes to ashes. It avoids all those problems.
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posted on
05/20/2009 4:31:52 AM PDT
by
Concho
( No Birth Certificate-No Census!)
To: Concho
They will have to cut him into pieces to fit the creamatorium. Or get an extra, extra, extra large tray.
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posted on
05/20/2009 5:00:39 AM PDT
by
wetgundog
To: windcliff
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:08:58 AM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(The black man is keeping me down!)
To: stylecouncilor
To: Enterprise
hmmm, I wonder what he died from....
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:13:22 AM PDT
by
RC one
To: Enterprise
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:13:50 AM PDT
by
mysterio
To: RC one
hmmm, I wonder what he died from.... Gravity caught up with him...
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:14:35 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obamanation: an imploding administration headed by a clueless schmuck, with McCain as his Kowakian)
To: Enterprise
They could have just waited a few weeks and he’d been smaller and easier to move.
Well smaller anyway.
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posted on
05/20/2009 9:57:22 AM PDT
by
Eagle Eye
(Defending RINOs is the same as defending Liberals.)
To: RC one
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posted on
05/20/2009 10:29:19 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(If you like the Dept. of Motor Vehicles, the IRS, and the Post Office, you'll love govt Health Care)
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