600 Lb. Woman Dies, Surgically Removed From Couch

[DudeAsInCool]

600-Pound Woman Dies After Being Surgically Removed From Couch

POSTED: 3:48 pm EDT August 11, 2004

UPDATED: 10:09 pm EDT August 11, 2004

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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.

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.

You can read more here:

http://www.wftv.com/news/3643877/detail.html

[DJSuntoucher]

Thats wrong.

I cant sit still for more than 5 mins, never mind two years.

Poor woman.

[joeyz]

I bet she smelled worse than the elephant man..........

[Potato]

480 pounds! Not 600!

[Yoda]

however big she is thats still sick..

[jipper]

hellah comfy couch

[moodyblue]

That's just not healthy.....

Why would anyone let themselves get that big?!

[moonglow]

however big she is thats still sick..

I agree, I heard about that on the radio while I was going to work this morning, made me sick :wha': :wha': :wha':

[Umma]

It may not have been the case with this poor lady, but I watched a documentary a couple of years back about fat people and their feeders.... all fat women.... with men who had an obsession about how big they could get the ladies to be... most of them with hopes of getting her into the Guinness book of records.... bit of a twisted hobby. It was disgusting. Once the large person becomes immobile due to their size, they are totally dependant on the feeder who of course feeds them crap to make them even bigger, and literally just feeds them to death. I think those men ought to be debollocked. :reallymad:

[rainbowdemon]

::puts the ice cream away::

:angry: