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John McAfee Rushed to Hospital After Apparent Heart Attacks in Prison

35 points by acangiano 14y ago

joezydeco 14y ago
McAfee appeared unresponsive, but when nurses undressed him, he said quite clearly, "please not in front of the press" You couldn't write stuff this bizarre if you tried.
- jlgreco 14y ago
  Next he is going to have someone send him a cake with a file baked into it.
  - joezydeco 14y ago
    My money is on some kind of Mission Impossible-style escape from the hospital using body doubles.
    - jlgreco 14y ago
      The hospital should probably make sure all the air-duct vents are screwed on tightly.
    - kevinpet 14y ago
      Unfortunately, his body double was arrested in Mexico on a fake North Korean passport. I'm not making this up.
  - saddino 14y ago
    Said file will be virus checked before opening, of course.
- numbsafari 14y ago
  Am I the only one who thinks this sounds like the plot of an Arrested Development episode?
  - cpqq 14y ago
    Maeby.
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silentmars 14y ago
Next story headline: "McAfee Escapes Hospital After Faked Heart Attack"
- leeloo 14y ago
  yup!
- tagada 14y ago
  Mmmmh, don't forget he is an old guy ... He wanted to have some good fun but ... Hope you're right and that it's not gonna be: "McAfee found dead in his hospital bed in Guatemala"
- cpqq 14y ago
  FTFY: "McAfee Fails Hospital Escape After Dressing as Doctor" Apparently "Sam" is under the care of two Israeli security guards, in Guatemala. The only thing McAfee will need her defended from is their pork swords. About time he's locked up and off the MDPV. Maybe he'll become less mexican soap opera wanna-be Mission Impossible type escape. He fled because bribery can only go so far in a country, murder, let alone against a US citizen isn't one of them.
drivebyacct2 14y ago
I feel silly for how much I enjoy reading and hearing about his antics. Not really interested in passing judgement on him or his choices, but the long-form content on his blog is entertaining if not informative as well.
h2s 14y ago
> Later, guards found him "prostrate on the > floor of his cell and unresponsive." John McAfee has stopped responding. Would you like to resuscitate him?
NathanKP 14y ago
Does anyone else not care about this guy's press bait? I'm flagging this. Let Techcrunch and other spam sites cover his escapades.
- fletchowns 14y ago
  I certainly don't. Whatever this guy is going through, it should only be between him, his doctors, and the police.
hncommenter13 14y ago
Looking at the photo of him in the ambulance (linked in the story to here: http://twitter.com/mattgutmanABC/status/276778188116480002/photo/1 http://twitter.com/mattgutmanABC/status/276778188116480002/p...), I'm somewhat skeptical either of the medical claim or of the ability of the EMTs who are treating him. First, he's not on oxygen. Step 1 for a suspected heart attack patient. Second, he's got a shirt, a sweater and a blanket on top of him. Step 2 for a potential MCI is to expose the chest and get him on a "monitor" (combination EKG/AED), which it appears is at his feet. Third, unless he fell and injured his head, neck or back, there is no reason to have him in full spinal immobilization as they appear to have done. This is not a question of not having training or equipment--from the look of the photo, they have both. I'm reading a lot into a single snapshot, but being transported via ambulance in the US would look nothing at all like this.
- novalis 14y ago
  Not saying he is faking it or not, not even touching that. You should really consider that oxygen and a portable monitor are first world things (even if that is a monitor at his feet). Also, this could be a firefighter vehicle. Just a thought, at least we already know it was Vice in Guatemala with the iPhone. Let's not cluedo it until the end. :) Thought it is tempting with so much "novela" drama going on. I hope it is a stunt and helps to bring light to all of this.
guscost 14y ago
Why do I have the feeling that he won't get an opportunity to hold that press conference?
dbecker 14y ago
If he was sitting around two weeks ago feeling forgotten, and he wanted more fame and attention, he's doing a good job.

35 points by acangiano 14y ago

McAfee appeared unresponsive, but when nurses undressed him, he said quite clearly, "please not in front of the press" You couldn't write stuff this bizarre if you tried.

jlgreco 14y ago
Next he is going to have someone send him a cake with a file baked into it.
- joezydeco 14y ago
  My money is on some kind of Mission Impossible-style escape from the hospital using body doubles.
  - jlgreco 14y ago
    The hospital should probably make sure all the air-duct vents are screwed on tightly.
  - kevinpet 14y ago
    Unfortunately, his body double was arrested in Mexico on a fake North Korean passport. I'm not making this up.
- saddino 14y ago
  Said file will be virus checked before opening, of course.
numbsafari 14y ago
Am I the only one who thinks this sounds like the plot of an Arrested Development episode?
- cpqq 14y ago
  Maeby.

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silentmars 14y ago

Next story headline: "McAfee Escapes Hospital After Faked Heart Attack"

leeloo 14y ago
yup!
tagada 14y ago
Mmmmh, don't forget he is an old guy ... He wanted to have some good fun but ... Hope you're right and that it's not gonna be: "McAfee found dead in his hospital bed in Guatemala"
cpqq 14y ago
FTFY: "McAfee Fails Hospital Escape After Dressing as Doctor" Apparently "Sam" is under the care of two Israeli security guards, in Guatemala. The only thing McAfee will need her defended from is their pork swords. About time he's locked up and off the MDPV. Maybe he'll become less mexican soap opera wanna-be Mission Impossible type escape. He fled because bribery can only go so far in a country, murder, let alone against a US citizen isn't one of them.

drivebyacct2 14y ago

I feel silly for how much I enjoy reading and hearing about his antics. Not really interested in passing judgement on him or his choices, but the long-form content on his blog is entertaining if not informative as well.

h2s 14y ago

> Later, guards found him "prostrate on the > floor of his cell and unresponsive." John McAfee has stopped responding. Would you like to resuscitate him?

NathanKP 14y ago

Does anyone else not care about this guy's press bait? I'm flagging this. Let Techcrunch and other spam sites cover his escapades.

fletchowns 14y ago
I certainly don't. Whatever this guy is going through, it should only be between him, his doctors, and the police.

hncommenter13 14y ago

Looking at the photo of him in the ambulance (linked in the story to here: http://twitter.com/mattgutmanABC/status/276778188116480002/photo/1 http://twitter.com/mattgutmanABC/status/276778188116480002/p...), I'm somewhat skeptical either of the medical claim or of the ability of the EMTs who are treating him. First, he's not on oxygen. Step 1 for a suspected heart attack patient. Second, he's got a shirt, a sweater and a blanket on top of him. Step 2 for a potential MCI is to expose the chest and get him on a "monitor" (combination EKG/AED), which it appears is at his feet. Third, unless he fell and injured his head, neck or back, there is no reason to have him in full spinal immobilization as they appear to have done. This is not a question of not having training or equipment--from the look of the photo, they have both. I'm reading a lot into a single snapshot, but being transported via ambulance in the US would look nothing at all like this.

novalis 14y ago
Not saying he is faking it or not, not even touching that. You should really consider that oxygen and a portable monitor are first world things (even if that is a monitor at his feet). Also, this could be a firefighter vehicle. Just a thought, at least we already know it was Vice in Guatemala with the iPhone. Let's not cluedo it until the end. :) Thought it is tempting with so much "novela" drama going on. I hope it is a stunt and helps to bring light to all of this.

guscost 14y ago

Why do I have the feeling that he won't get an opportunity to hold that press conference?

dbecker 14y ago

If he was sitting around two weeks ago feeling forgotten, and he wanted more fame and attention, he's doing a good job.