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Calling a 9 kg chain a "necklace" is a bit misleading. It makes it seem like it could have gone in unnoticed. "medical episode" is also very vague, what was the
by OisinMoran 1y ago
Calling a 9 kg chain a "necklace" is a bit misleading. It makes it seem like it could have gone in unnoticed. "medical episode" is also very vague, what was the actual cause of death?
- richrichardsson 1y agoVery likely severed spinal column, if not complete decapitation.
- richrichardsson 1y agoI see hyperbole is misunderstood here.
- potato3732842 1y agoThe article says he had time to say goodbye to his wife before he suffocated and later died at a hospital. Which makes sense since it's about the same timeline of death and outcome you'd expect from an industrial accident involving big industrial chain at a hundred pounds per link or whatever.
- cjbgkagh 1y agoI wouldn’t %100 trust an eye witness account, especially for something so traumatic where an alternate outcome might give them some solace.
- netsharc 1y agoI don't think the human body is that fragile, the magnet probably dragged his body, head first, until it hit a solid object, in this case the cover of the MRI machine. Slamming your head at that speed isn't that healthy.
- kulahan 1y agoThis was my assumption as well. What the heck has everyone assuming it’s a decapitation? Dude was dragged by the neck at high speed towards a large machine. Massive head injury sounds very reasonable, maybe even expected.
- fluidcruft 1y agoInside the scanner the back-of-the-envelope is a 20lb weight ferrous object experiences 2000lb force and his neck was in the middle of that. Unconfirmed reports have described it as an "internal decapitation".
- kulahan 1y agoOk, I’m willing to believe it’s possible, but unconfirmed reports in a scenario this sensational are about as useful as salt water in a drought. Why not say he died immediately? Did they take a day to determine they couldn’t repair a decapitation?
- fluidcruft 1y agoHe spent a few days in the hospital before they pronounced him dead. Perhaps they thought he might survive as a quadriplegic. He suffered multiple cardiac arrests at the hospital. That part isn't unconfirmed. Other unconfirmed reports say his spinal column was severed. If his heart kept starting up again it probably took them quite some time to assess the damage and prognosticate. It's not something people see often.
- kulahan 1y agoYeah, that doesn’t sound like a decapitation, it sounds like severe head damage. Because, you know, when you LOSE YOUR HEAD, you tend to die instantly. Even if it’s not something doctors tend to see often.
- SketchySeaBeast 1y agoGiven that the chain drug him across the room, I can imagine that the actual death might be quite grisly - if it can cause a man to be "hurled towards the machine" it's possible it was worse than a mere strangulation, and that sort of detail isn't really required in the article.
- potato3732842 1y agoThe article covers the timeline of his death. Whatever the details they weren't so incapacitating as to prevent him from saying goodbye to his wife before losing consciousness.
- SketchySeaBeast 1y agoThe timeline supplied being "he waved goodbye to me and then his whole body went limp".
- Ajedi32 1y agoA day later, after being taken to a separate facility and suffering multiple heart attacks (I have no idea what the connection there is). https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/new-york-mri-machine-accident-death https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/new-york-mri... > He endured “a medical episode” at that point which left him in critical condition at a hospital, and he was pronounced dead a day later, police said. > Adrienne told News 12 that her late husband had suffered several heart attacks after the incident with the MRI machine and before his death.
- SketchySeaBeast 1y agoThat doesn't seem to be specified, is it?
- Ajedi32 1y agoSorry, added a source and quote.
- JackFr 1y agoAccording to other articles I've read, multiple heart attacks.
- patcon 1y agoYes, and didn't die until the next day. I believe many articles are leaving these parts unsaid due to sensational assumptions they benefit from in virality. EDIT: source https://healthimaging.com/topics/medical-imaging/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri/update-new-details-emerge-about-now-fatal-long-island-mri-accident#:~:text=He%20is%20said%20to%20have%20suffered%20a%20heart%20attack%20after%20the%20incident%3B%20he%20died%20from%20his%20injuries%20the%20next%20day.%C2%A0 https://healthimaging.com/topics/medical-imaging/magnetic-re...
- ottah 1y ago[flagged]
- theshrike79 1y agoSomeone said it was a strength training thing, some crossfit cult thing of carrying heavy crap around your neck.
- Freak_NL 1y ago[flagged]
- dragonwriter 1y agoI’ve seen both weight training chains and bdsm collars, and ~9kg seems a lot more consistent with the former than the latter.
- ramenbytes 1y agoThe wife says the chain and lock were for weight training.
- Telemakhos 1y agoIt was for weight training (according to [0]). Weightlifters wear them on the neck to help build neck muscle. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/new-york-mri-machine-accident-death https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/new-york-mri...
- darth_avocado 1y agoAs much as I would like to say “What are you doing weight training in an MRI room?”, a bigger pressing question is “How did the staff miss this?”. MRI is extremely dangerous when it comes to having magnetic metals on you and it’s SOP from the hospital to ensure there is none when the patient goes in. The one time I had to get it done (in a different country) I had to walk through TSA like metal detectors before I get into the MRI room. Is that not common here? Not even hand held wands? We just trust the patient now?
- shrubble 1y agoIf it was any kind of weight training vest it would be wrapped around the chest and therefore any orientation would involve him being squeezed by the magnetic force. Imagine two dinner plates, front and back; whether he was facing forward or back wouldn’t change much.
- whalesalad 1y ago9kg is nearly 20lbs in freedom units. That is an insane amount of metal to wear around your neck, let alone in the vicinity of an active MRI machine.