Here I thought firefighters should be out fighting fires.

[Shockeye]

20 Firefighters Needed To Remove 800-Pound Man From Home
Special Aquarium Equipment Used In Rescue

POSTED: 1:30 pm EDT April 13, 2005
UPDATED: 2:43 pm EDT April 13, 2005

DUNDALK, Md. -- Firefighters used special equipment borrowed from the National Aquarium to remove an 800-pound man who has not left his home in at least two years, according to a report.

About 20 firefighters reportedly worked for three hours to remove John Keitz, 38, from his home on Kavanaugh Road in Dundalk.



Crews from the Baltimore County Fire Department were forced to remove doors from the apartment and use a sling provided by the aquarium and a truck to move John Keitz, 38, from his home on Kavanaugh Road in Dundalk.

The family asked for help so he could make it to a doctor's appointment for a weight-related medical procedure, according to a report.



Keitz is at Bayview Hospital, where he is being treated for asthma and fluid build-up.

Neighbors said Kietz was involved in a similar rescue about six years ago.

[Strazos]

And this is why we have crazy health insurance premiums.

[Nazrat]

Come on.  Lighten up!  He only needs help from the fire department to leave his house every 6 years. 

I'm just surprised that his medical visit was related to his weight.  Who would have thunk it?

[Paelos]

800 pounds? Seriously, at some point I just think how does the body cope?

[Murgos]

Apparently, not very well.  Hospital trips aren't usually a sign of good health.

Why am I explaining the inherently obvious?

[Mortriden]

Why am I explaining the inherently obvious?

Because your wondering how your going to fill up the remaining six hours of company time... or is that just me?

[Paelos]

Apparently, not very well.  Hospital trips aren't usually a sign of good health.

Why am I explaining the inherently obvious?

Well obviously not, i just meant why does it keep going? I mean 38 years old and 800 pounds? I'm 23 and 190. Gaining 610 pounds in 15 years would be gaining just over 40 pounds a year. Assuming the guy weight 100 pounds at 10 years old, he's still gaining 25 pounds a year. That's uncanny.

[blackotter]

Well obviously not, i just meant why does it keep going? I mean 38 years old and 800 pounds? I'm 23 and 190. Gaining 610 pounds in 15 years would be gaining just over 40 pounds a year. Assuming the guy weight 100 pounds at 10 years old, he's still gaining 25 pounds a year. That's uncanny.

Uncanny? It must be his mutant superpower...sorta like the Blob.

http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/b/blob.htm

[HaemishM]

I just gotta wonder that once you reach about 500 pounds, don't you realize there is a problem? And wouldn't you want to do something about it about that time?

[Paelos]

I just gotta wonder that once you reach about 500 pounds, don't you realize there is a problem? And wouldn't you want to do something about it about that time?

I would imagine at that point, walking is purely impossible.

[Murgos]

What always gets me about these stories is that there has to be several people enabling him.  Someone is bringing him food and doing the little things that keep him alive like removing buckets of waste and piles of cow bones with the marrow sucked out and and all the flesh and cartilage gnawed off.  It probably takes more than one person to support these people, like a whole team.

Seriously, if he had to go to the grocery store once a week I bet he would never have broken 500.

edited because spelling is hard and I wanted to be more graphic.

[voodoolily]

Remember the Simpsons when Bart wanted to become a fat bastard when he grew up? "Ah wash mahself with a rag on a stick."

800 muh-fuh pounds.

I went from being one of those uber-metabolic teenagers who could eat like, 6000 calories a day without even being able to grow boobs to a relatively thick girl over the course of ten years. I liked to think I looked like a Valkerie with extra weight, but I didn't feel healthy. I lost 30 pounds last year (getting me back to my high school weight), but now I still have to limit myself to one meal a day because I'm too lazy to exercise and wanna eat fried chicken, cheese and biscuits with sausage gravy all the damn time. It's called discipline, people! I mean, yeah - some people are plagued with a fucked-up thyroid or whatevs but for the love of god, you don't need the 64-ozer from 7-11! Eat a fucking vegetable!

My favorite bumper sticker evar is: Plants and animals die to make room for your fat ass.

[Strazos]

I liked to think I looked like a Valkerie with extra weight

Not to be a bitch, but I don't understand that statement at all.

[voodoolily]

Valkeries summon Vikings who die in battle off to Valhalla, the Viking heaven. They are the quintessential Teutonic goddesses, all broad shoulders and stout frames with long braids. It was a nice way to think of myself when I was thicker.

Edit: envision a female Tauren shaman with a pretty face instead of a cow's head, and you're pretty close.

[Strazos]

I wasn't aware that "thick" was part of the Valkerie formula. My Mistake.

[Der Helm]

I wasn't aware that "thick" was part of the Valkerie formula. My Mistake.

Don't thank me, I am glad I could help ...

[NiX]

If it makes anyone feel better I'm 5'6" and can't break 110LBS. I also manager to keep a six pack. I think it's from getting up from my desk to go to the washroom. Reps baby! REPS!