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Morbidly Obese Man Dies After Two Years in the Same Chair
abcnews ^ | 3-2011

Posted on 03/30/2011 8:18:52 PM PDT by doug from upland

Morbidly Obese Man Dies After Two Years in the Same Chair

Ohio Man Reported Stuck to Chair With His Own Waste; Later Died at Hospital

A morbidly obese man has died after being stuck in a chair at home that he had been unable to leave for two years, ABC affiliate WRTF reported and ABC News has confirmed.

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The Bellaire, Ohio man, who has not been publicly identified, was a patient at Wheeling Hospital in West Virginia, ABC Affiliate WTRF reported.

On Sunday, the 43-year-old man's two roommates discovered him unconscious. They called authorities.

When firefighters arrived, they discovered that the man's skin was stuck to the chair with urine and feces. Maggots were visible, according to local reports.

"The chair was very filthy, a lot of odor to it. Going in the house, the house was not clean. The living room where the man lived in his chair was very filthy, very deplorable. It's unbelievable that somebody lives in conditions like that" Jim Chase, a code enforcer for the city, told ABC affiliate WKEF said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: feces; gross; napl; obese; unbelievable
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To: doug from upland
A Modest Proposal.


61 posted on 03/30/2011 10:20:06 PM PDT by Iron Munro ("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
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To: matthew fuller
Lazy Boy?

Best post on this thread. I'm still laughing.

62 posted on 03/30/2011 10:43:44 PM PDT by Washi
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To: SIDENET

What? You thought he should be in the chair with someone else’s waste?


63 posted on 03/30/2011 11:07:15 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

or a bigger chair


64 posted on 03/30/2011 11:12:21 PM PDT by woofie
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To: SIDENET

and trust me, firefighters do have maggot stories


65 posted on 03/31/2011 12:09:48 AM PDT by Taffini ( Mr. Pippen and Mr. Waffles do not approve and neither do I)
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To: John W

He had a girlfriend? I guess there’s someone for everybody. No matter how much you love someone, I’d think there would be some kind of limit when your boyfriend has 2 years worth of poop in his chair.


66 posted on 03/31/2011 12:12:26 AM PDT by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
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To: BunnySlippers
somebody was bringing him food.

...and drinks, but no water. He was dirty, but not thirsty.

Lovely room mates he had.

67 posted on 03/31/2011 12:26:17 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
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To: glock rocks; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
What do you want to bet that this poor b*st*rd was on SSDI, and his roomies didn't get him help until the last minute because they were worried about losing their meal ticket?

People suck.


68 posted on 03/31/2011 12:34:10 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Perdogg

***** “What a waste” *****

Can’t help it ... I laughed when I read that (you are so sick, I must be too)

TT


69 posted on 03/31/2011 12:59:52 AM PDT by TexasTransplant (Radical islam is real islam. Moderate islam is the trojan horse.)
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To: matthew fuller

**** “Lazy Boy?” ****

That’s twice I have laughed at this departed’s expense

TT


70 posted on 03/31/2011 1:09:56 AM PDT by TexasTransplant (Radical islam is real islam. Moderate islam is the trojan horse.)
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To: boop

***** “He had a girlfriend?” ******

Naw.... she was a “Kinetic Female Enabling Device”

TT


71 posted on 03/31/2011 1:13:04 AM PDT by TexasTransplant (Radical islam is real islam. Moderate islam is the trojan horse.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I believe in some states it’s a criminal act to knowingly ignore something where a person’s life is in danger.

It’s like malfeasance of a known legal duty or somesuch.


72 posted on 03/31/2011 1:25:41 AM PDT by djf (Dems and liberals: Let's redefine "marriage". We already redefined "natural born citizen".)
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To: Taffini
and trust me, firefighters do have maggot stories

I believe it.

My old man is a retired firefighter.

73 posted on 03/31/2011 1:56:51 AM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

LOL.


74 posted on 03/31/2011 1:57:15 AM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: doug from upland; Slings and Arrows

75 posted on 03/31/2011 4:36:31 AM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: doug from upland

Dreadful. RIP.


76 posted on 03/31/2011 5:29:07 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Yeah, what you said.


77 posted on 03/31/2011 6:00:58 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: doug from upland

This is not as uncommon as you would hope. We have cut out a big swatch of mattress around a person who had been laying there so long the skin and fibers had intertwined.

Some of the ones who can still move somewhat, have a 5 gallon slop bucket beside the bed that they hit more or less, most of the time.

Sometimes I wish I was like a lizard, so that when I get back from one of those calls, I could just open my mouth and crawl out of my clothes, skin, and everything.


78 posted on 03/31/2011 7:20:32 AM PDT by Clay Moore (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: Clay Moore

What I don’t understand is how anyone who might care for them can’t do something to intervene to try to save their lives.


79 posted on 03/31/2011 7:29:35 AM PDT by doug from upland (website reserved just in case: TheBitchIsBack2012.com)
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To: blueplum

How did the two roommates stand the stench?


80 posted on 03/31/2011 9:34:03 AM PDT by Bluebeard16
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