Long Island man wearing 9kg-metal necklace dies after being sucked into MRI machine
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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
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.
wrote last edited by [email protected]That would not cost billions. Not even close. It would certainly be far cheaper than the cost of repair.
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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
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
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?
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
wrote last edited by [email protected]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.
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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
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Did the "no metal" warning sign go missing or was he just illiterate?
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That must have been a horrible mess to have to clean up.
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Okay 3 things.
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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
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Did the "no metal" warning sign go missing or was he just illiterate?
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That must have been a horrible mess to have to clean up.
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.
thousands of pounds of force at close range
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Okay 3 things.
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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
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Did the "no metal" warning sign go missing or was he just illiterate?
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That must have been a horrible mess to have to clean up.
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.
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
I believe it can still get hot
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9kg of gold is worth close to $1mill. Mr T is baller enough to do that
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?
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.
Sounds like a possible Darwin award nomination.
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9kg of gold is worth close to $1mill. Mr T is baller enough to do that
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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As much as the machines cost, something like that wired up with a metal detector so that if the machine is on and there's metal in the airlock it will never open would actually be a good solution....
But it would take a society that values human life and absence of suffering over money. Because like someone else pointed out, the hospital ain't the one paying to fix the machine.
Maybe Canada would be interested?
MRI’s are still plenty dangerous when they aren’t scanning(“on”). The magnets don’t ever turn off unless you release all the helium which is typically a last resort. They can do it slowly for servicing but it’s costly or rapidly for emergencies but it usually trashes things.
Seems like the simplest solution is having a locking observation booth. Family can watch from the booth or go to the waiting room. This doesn’t prevent staff from responding to anything and actually keeps the family out of the way if there is an emergency. No high tech gizmos required. Are they go to like it? Probably not. Then off to the waiting room.
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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
It was a knee MRI. She wasn't stuck inside it, she just wanted her husband to help get her off of the table instead of just the technician.
Still a horrible scene though, but not quite as horrific as your first imagining.
