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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 05:48 PM
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Obese Woman dies during Couch-removal Surgery!
there's a very large (pun unavoidable) part of me that wants this to be a hoax. someone please debunk it!

i just can't accept the logistics of it - or how her skin 'merged' with the couch.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/081204_APnat_couch.html

It happened late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning at the home of a 600-pound woman who was having trouble breathing. Rescuers went in not knowing how difficult it would be to get her out. 40-year-old Gail Grinds was literally stuck to her couch and had to be removed surgically at the hospital.

Authorities estimate she had been on the couch anywhere from two to five years.

Martin County Fire amd Rescue crews faced what seemed to be an impossible mission. Everyone going inside had to wear protective gear. The stench was so powerful they had to blast in fresh air.

They tried to cut out the front door, but at four-and-a-half feet wide, it wouldn't work. They had to cut plywood since a normal stretcher wouldn't do.
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