78 Year Old Man Wakes Up in Body Bag in Funeral Home...Just Before Embalming

[SeaBreeze]

This 78 year old man was in a body bag in a funeral home. They were going to prepare him to be embalmed, and he started kicking at the bag. Seems his pacemaker stopped, and they declared him dead...then restarted again. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2014/02/28/miss-man-declared-dead-wakes-up-in-body-bag/

 

[Ina]

That why my family believes the creamation. Plus half my family are Indians from Oregon and Canada.

 

[SeaBreeze]

We're both going to be cremated also Ina...but I hope they make sure I'm dead first, LOL!

 

[i_am_Lois]

SeaBreeze, Ina... count me in too for cremation.

I hope 78 year old Walter Williams is given a huge welcome home party by his family and the community where he lives.
This is really cause for celebration!

 

[SifuPhil]

So much for having non-medically trained coroners.

Poor guy! I've heard of kicking the bucket but never kicking the bag ... glad he made it back to the world of the living.

 

[Falcon]

Now THAT is scary ! There's gotta be a simpler way to determine DEAD from Still Alive, besides

all the obvious indications. BTW, Cremation has nothing to do with this story; you STILL have to be dead

before they light the pyre. Just as the Thanksgiving turkey has to be dead before placing it in the oven.

 

[Justme]

Why do they embalm bodies in the US? In the UK that would be unusual.

 

[Denise1952]

This 78 year old man was in a body bag in a funeral home. They were going to prepare him to be embalmed, and he started kicking at the bag. Seems his pacemaker stopped, and they declared him dead...then restarted again. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2014/02/28/miss-man-declared-dead-wakes-up-in-body-bag/

Ok, this is too scarey, people being prepared for buriel before they are dead

 

[Denise1952]

So much for having non-medically trained coroners.

Poor guy! I've heard of kicking the bucket but never kicking the bag ... glad he made it back to the world of the living.

ok, there it is, my morning PIMP!! Dang you Phil:lofl:

 

[Falcon]

JM, They DON'T routinely if the cause of death has been identified by the attending physician.

 

[That Guy]