"Your IQ test came back negative."
Posted on 05/04/2025 1:51:01 PM PDT by Libloather
An American tourist in Rome impaled himself on a metal fence at the Colosseum while possibly trying to take a selfie — screaming in pain as he was left helplessly dangling for more than 20 minutes.
The unidentified visitor, a 47-year-old US man based in Taiwan, pierced his spine and needed 80 stitches after the Friday afternoon horror at the Piazza del Colosseo, according to the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero.
It took paramedics more than 20 minutes to remove the man from the metal railing. He screamed till he lost consciousness and then hung lifelessly from the fence in horrifying scenes witnessed by crowds of tourists, according to reports.
The man is believed to have climbed the railing, which lines the arches of the Roman monument, in an attempt to get a better view or take a selfie, the outlet said.
Stunned visitors quickly called paramedics.
The man was rushed to nearby San Giovanni hospital in “code red” condition after the terrifying incident around 5 p.m.
He was provided oxygen, stitched up and listed in serious but stable condition.
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Stupid is supposed to hurt.
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The Holy Homeowner Trinity: duct tape, bugle-head screws and WD-40.
‘ Fell 4 flights, cracked my spine, honey come quick with the iodine’. Tennessee Jed.
LOL! My thoughts exactly! 20 minutes hanging there and no posted photos?
Where’s Vlad?
Has the gate been there long? I recall a story some years ago about someone writing some graffiti on the wall of the Colosseum. I believe the authorities pressed charges.
He's lucky it wasn't back in the Colosseum's heyday. People probably would have cheered.
I have visited The Colisseum a dozen times and don’t even recall seeing these fences. Fortunately he survived … I hope he learned something. As for The Colisseum it has witnessed far bloodier spectacles.
Not a doctor, but the stitches were probably for torn skin, not the spinal injury.
At least he wasnt killef by a gladiator or fed to the lions
"Your IQ test came back negative."
He’s an idiot.
FFS. What an embarrassment.
For a short while, echos of the Colosseum’s past reverberated around it. Ah, the good old days ...
Lol! I don’t use duct tape very often...
But when I do,
I use Gorilla Brand.
The original Duck Tape has gone skimpy on the glue!
The Dems will say JD Vance had just passed by the Colosseum.
but...
"He was provided oxygen, stitched up and listed in serious but stable condition."
Apparently not "lifelessly"
Yup. A colossal vidiot.
Veni. Vidi. Vivisection.
At least he wasn’t CCP. Spyin’ and all.
Q. Why did they have to close the Colosseum in Rome?
A. The lions ate up all the prophets.
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