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Very likely severed spinal column, if not complete decapitation.
by richrichardsson 1y ago
Very 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.