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Given 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 machi

Given 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 ago
The 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 ago
  The timeline supplied being "he waved goodbye to me and then his whole body went limp".
  - Ajedi32 1y ago
    A 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 ago
      That doesn't seem to be specified, is it?
      - Ajedi32 1y ago
        Sorry, added a source and quote.
jacurtis 1y ago
There is a video of it floating around for the morbidly curious. I won't link it here. It is very NSFL. I was accidently shown it while scrolling instagram and wish I hadn't seen it. He is able to talk, you can make out his words, but he is clearly choking or being strangled. He was fully sucked into the machine. There was a very strong guy trying with everything to pull him out. He made some pretty sad and harrowing words when he realized he wasn't going to make it. Again, the video is out there if you really want to see it. I do NOT recommend it though.
- userbinator 1y ago
  I've seen a lot of gruesome stuff so I'm not bothered by that, but curious how someone got a camera, presumably with ferrous parts, in there without it also getting pulled into the magnet.
  - throwawayffffas 1y ago
    Phones now days don't have a lot of ferrous stuff in them they are pretty much all battery, copper, silicon, glass, plastic and maybe aluminum. Your keys probably have more steel on them than your phone. People have gone in MRIs with phones with no adverse effects, except maybe damaged speakers. It's more likely that the MRI is going to damage the electronics than it will physically rip it off you. It's all about the amount of ferrous material involved. It can take your keys of your pocket, but I doubt you can't peel them of it.
- gamblor956 1y ago
  The video is a fake.
  - Aeolun 1y ago
    Or real, but a different situation? It feels kinda hard to do a fake MRI setup like that?
- privatelypublic 1y ago
  Here's a well known and SFW training video about MRI magnets. It'll put the problem into perspective without needing eye-bleach. https://youtube.com/watch?v=kLjxhuybFWo https://youtube.com/watch?v=kLjxhuybFWo

potato3732842 1y ago

The 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 ago
The timeline supplied being "he waved goodbye to me and then his whole body went limp".
- Ajedi32 1y ago
  A 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 ago
    That doesn't seem to be specified, is it?
    - Ajedi32 1y ago
      Sorry, added a source and quote.

jacurtis 1y ago

There is a video of it floating around for the morbidly curious. I won't link it here. It is very NSFL. I was accidently shown it while scrolling instagram and wish I hadn't seen it. He is able to talk, you can make out his words, but he is clearly choking or being strangled. He was fully sucked into the machine. There was a very strong guy trying with everything to pull him out. He made some pretty sad and harrowing words when he realized he wasn't going to make it. Again, the video is out there if you really want to see it. I do NOT recommend it though.

userbinator 1y ago
I've seen a lot of gruesome stuff so I'm not bothered by that, but curious how someone got a camera, presumably with ferrous parts, in there without it also getting pulled into the magnet.
- throwawayffffas 1y ago
  Phones now days don't have a lot of ferrous stuff in them they are pretty much all battery, copper, silicon, glass, plastic and maybe aluminum. Your keys probably have more steel on them than your phone. People have gone in MRIs with phones with no adverse effects, except maybe damaged speakers. It's more likely that the MRI is going to damage the electronics than it will physically rip it off you. It's all about the amount of ferrous material involved. It can take your keys of your pocket, but I doubt you can't peel them of it.
gamblor956 1y ago
The video is a fake.
- Aeolun 1y ago
  Or real, but a different situation? It feels kinda hard to do a fake MRI setup like that?
privatelypublic 1y ago
Here's a well known and SFW training video about MRI magnets. It'll put the problem into perspective without needing eye-bleach. https://youtube.com/watch?v=kLjxhuybFWo https://youtube.com/watch?v=kLjxhuybFWo