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Lifestyle => Tha G-Spot => Topic started by: mrtonguetwista on August 11, 2004, 03:30:30 PM
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STUART, Fla. -- A dramatic rescue ended tragically in Stuart, Florida, a rescue so difficult firefighters say they have never seen anything like it.l
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.
An ambulance was too small, so they brought in a trailer to get her out. While rescue crews came up with a back-door rescue plan, detectives secured what had become a crime scene, questioning family members about how it got so bad.
Using planks, they loaded the woman on to the trailer, still attached to the couch. Removing her would be too painful, since her body is grafted to the fabric. After years of staying put, her skin has literally become one with the sofa and it must be surgically removed.
Detectives are investigating whether they have a case of neglect, or if it is simply a very sad story.
Grinds was taken to the Martin Memorial hospital where doctors removed her from the couch, but she died in spite of all the attempts to save her life.
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thats fuckin sad
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only in america
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If my son asks me why we can't have fast food for dinner, I'm gonna bring this story up.
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sorry
but I laughed a bit haha she became one with the couch
"It's healing over my hand!"
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lol wow. how was she on the couch for 2-4 years??!?!?! thats crazy
only in america
HAHAHHAH
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they probably made a hold in the couch by her ass so she can go to the bathroom der now dats wat i call a couch potato wen u r one wit the couch
o ya this is a sad story
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what the fuck? How the hell can you stay on the couch for even a year? shit even a week without getting up? damn even a whole day w/o getting up? how did she eat and go the bathroom? How in the world is this possible? what the fuck is wrong with people.
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what sick when you think about where she went to the bathroom.
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how hungry do you got to be to get to 600 pounds anyways?
also i imagined Jabba the hut when i read this
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i remember seeing a similar thing on tv where they had to cut the side of a guys house off so they could get him out and to hospital cos he hadnt been out his bed for years... :-\
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She probably had mad issues with depression and stuff. It really is a sad situation.
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She probably had mad issues with depression and stuff. It really is a sad situation.
Yea, there was this one girl my sister knew from high skool, she got into a car accident and was injured and she just stayed @ home because she was afraid she might hurt herself or someone else....