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Long Island man wearing 9kg-metal necklace dies after being sucked into MRI machine

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  • negativenull@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

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    Easy solution : have a pure gold necklace, since gold isn't magnetic

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      Geez, imagine how much it would cost to repair.

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        Imagine the scene from her POV. She's claustrophobic and having a meltdown because of all the hums and bangs and then her husband comes running in only to get pulled into the machine she is already stuck inside of. He's screaming and can't get pulled free while she is being pushed even harder into the machine she so desparately wants free from - by her husband who is quickly suffocating to death

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        So tragic, jesus. Also, it was obviously stupid, but in his defense he probably went into fight or flight and wasn't thinking. Unfortunately he paid for it with his life.

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          You could spend billions to implement crazy solutions for every possible scenario.

          Or you could just tell the guy not to go in there.

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          That would not cost billions. Not even close. It would certainly be far cheaper than the cost of repair.

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          • eyekaytee@aussie.zoneE [email protected]

            that’s terrible 😞

            i assume he must have thought because the machine was off it wasn’t an issue

            and died of a heart attack as well damn

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            How did he actually die? Like did the chain decapitate him?

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              That's nothing. Remember the guy who brought his gun with him and the machine helped him shoot himself?

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                Easy solution : have a pure gold necklace, since gold isn't magnetic

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                9kg of gold is worth close to $1mill. Mr T is baller enough to do that

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                  Why wasn't the door to the room locked while the machine was running?

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                  while the machine was running?

                  In an MRI, the magnet is always on, even when the machine isn't running. You can't ever go near it with metal on.

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                    Imagine the scene from her POV. She's claustrophobic and having a meltdown because of all the hums and bangs and then her husband comes running in only to get pulled into the machine she is already stuck inside of. He's screaming and can't get pulled free while she is being pushed even harder into the machine she so desparately wants free from - by her husband who is quickly suffocating to death

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                    There probably wasn’t any screaming. MRIs exert thousands of pounds of force at close range. You can imagine what thousands of pounds of metal would do to a neck.

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                      Okay 3 things.

                      1. 9 kg is 2.2 lb, which is ridiculous, and can't be good on your neck. The article says 20 lb, so one of those is wrong. I'm gonna guess the metric one is writing since in America we measure everything in Freedom Units™

                      2. Did the "no metal" warning sign go missing or was he just illiterate?

                      3. That must have been a horrible mess to have to clean up.

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                        Okay 3 things.

                        1. 9 kg is 2.2 lb, which is ridiculous, and can't be good on your neck. The article says 20 lb, so one of those is wrong. I'm gonna guess the metric one is writing since in America we measure everything in Freedom Units™

                        2. Did the "no metal" warning sign go missing or was he just illiterate?

                        3. That must have been a horrible mess to have to clean up.

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                        9kg is almost 20lbs, which is even more ridiculous

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                          There probably wasn’t any screaming. MRIs exert thousands of pounds of force at close range. You can imagine what thousands of pounds of metal would do to a neck.

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                          thousands of pounds of force at close range

                          https://youtu.be/6BBx8BwLhqg

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                            Okay 3 things.

                            1. 9 kg is 2.2 lb, which is ridiculous, and can't be good on your neck. The article says 20 lb, so one of those is wrong. I'm gonna guess the metric one is writing since in America we measure everything in Freedom Units™

                            2. Did the "no metal" warning sign go missing or was he just illiterate?

                            3. That must have been a horrible mess to have to clean up.

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                            Dude, 1 kg = 2.2. Multiply that by nine and you get 19.8 lbs.

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                              It really sucks, but of course it was an idiot from Nassau county 🙄

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                                That would not cost billions. Not even close. It would certainly be far cheaper than the cost of repair.

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                                Did you forget that thousands of hospitals exist just in the US? Or at least did before 2025.

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                                  Easy solution : have a pure gold necklace, since gold isn't magnetic

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                                  I believe it can still get hot

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                                  • negativenull@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                                    9kg of gold is worth close to $1mill. Mr T is baller enough to do that

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                                    IIRC Mr T stopped wearing his gold chains because he came to feel that they were tone deaf.

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                                      How did he actually die? Like did the chain decapitate him?

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                                      nah just a heart attack, I can't actually picture it outside of the magnet jerking him towards the MRI machine

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                                        It wasnt a necklace...

                                        It was a literal metal chain, like steel. Not a gold cuban link chain or something with a huge medallion a rapper would wear.

                                        Apparently this idiot just lived everyday with a 20lb length of chain around his neck for "weight training". The article mentions it was "a topic of discussion" on a prior visit, so it wasn't a one time thing.

                                        The type of person to do that, is 100% the type of guy to run into an active MRI like he could do anything. Theres no logical thinking going on, and an outright refusal to listen to qualified medical advice. Like, they make weighted vests, at least do that instead of putting all that weight on your neck.

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                                        Sounds like a possible Darwin award nomination.

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                                        • negativenull@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                                          9kg of gold is worth close to $1mill. Mr T is baller enough to do that

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                                          Apparently the chains started when he was a bouncer. Sometimes people would lose them, while getting kicked out. He would wear them, so that had to come and ask him politely for them. His collection built when they were either too scared, or too egotistical to ask for them back.

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