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http://www.wral.com/news/4130346/detail.html

 

 

LOUISBURG -- A medical examiner studying a body in a morgue was shocked when he saw the man take a shallow breath.

 

Larry Green was removed from the morgue at the Franklin County Sheriff's Department and taken to Duke University Medical Center in Durham. He was in critical condition last night.

 

Medical examiner J.B. Perdue was documenting Green's injuries to certify a cause a death when he noticed Green breathing. Green had been declared dead at the accident scene after being hit by a car almost two hours earlier.

 

Emergency medical technicians declared the 29-year-old Louisburg man dead Monday night and put him in a body bag for transport to the morgue.

 

At the morgue, Perdue detected an irregular breath and called emergency medical services to take Green to the hospital.

 

Franklin County attorney Darnell Batton says several members of the Franklin E.M.S. have been suspended pending an investigation.

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CART MASTER: Bring out your dead!

CUSTOMER: Here's one.

CART MASTER: Ninepence.

DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!

CART MASTER: What?

CUSTOMER: Nothing. Here's your ninepence.

DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!

CART MASTER: 'Ere. He says he's not dead!

CUSTOMER: Yes, he is.

DEAD PERSON: I'm not!

CART MASTER: He isn't?

CUSTOMER: Well, he will be soon. He's very ill.

DEAD PERSON: I'm getting better!

CUSTOMER: No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment.

CART MASTER: Oh, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.

DEAD PERSON: I don't want to go on the cart!

CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby.

CART MASTER: I can't take him.

DEAD PERSON: I feel fine!

CUSTOMER: Well, do us a favour.

CART MASTER: I can't.

CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long.

CART MASTER: No, I've got to go to the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.

CUSTOMER: Well, when's your next round?

CART MASTER: Thursday.

DEAD PERSON: I think I'll go for a walk.

CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Look. Isn't there something you can do?

DEAD PERSON: [singing] I feel happy. I feel happy.

[*whop!*]

CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much.

CART MASTER: Not at all. See you on Thursday.

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QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 26, 2005 -> 10:35 AM)
CART MASTER: Bring out your dead!

CUSTOMER: Here's one.

CART MASTER: Ninepence.

DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!

CART MASTER: What?

CUSTOMER: Nothing. Here's your ninepence.

DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!

CART MASTER: 'Ere. He says he's not dead!

CUSTOMER: Yes, he is.

DEAD PERSON: I'm not!

CART MASTER: He isn't?

CUSTOMER: Well, he will be soon. He's very ill.

DEAD PERSON: I'm getting better!

CUSTOMER: No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment.

CART MASTER: Oh, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.

DEAD PERSON: I don't want to go on the cart!

CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby.

CART MASTER: I can't take him.

DEAD PERSON: I feel fine!

CUSTOMER: Well, do us a favour.

CART MASTER: I can't.

CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be  long.

CART MASTER: No, I've got to go to the Robinsons'.  They've lost nine today.

CUSTOMER: Well, when's your next round?

CART MASTER: Thursday.

DEAD PERSON: I think I'll go for a walk.

CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Look.  Isn't there something you can do?

DEAD PERSON: [singing] I feel happy. I feel happy.

[*whop!*]

CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much.

CART MASTER: Not at all. See you on Thursday.

 

Great stuff! :lolhitting

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QUOTE(mreye @ Jan 26, 2005 -> 09:04 AM)
I thought that was the coroner's job.  :huh

 

 

I actually thought that a doctor had to pronounce someone dead. I mean I know paramedics can arrivce and be like the dude is dead...but I still thought they transported the person to a hospital and a doctor had to officially pronounced it.

 

Shows how much I know.

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My seventh grade teacher's husband served in the Navy during World War II. Apparently he was badly injured at sea and they pronounced him dead. Moments before he was to be buried at sea, the doctor undid the last stitch of the body bag and felt for a pulse. He found one.

 

 

That gave me nightmares for years.

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QUOTE(winodj @ Jan 26, 2005 -> 12:49 PM)
My seventh grade teacher's husband served in the Navy during World War II. Apparently he was badly injured at sea and they pronounced him dead. Moments before he was to be buried at sea, the doctor undid the last stitch of the body bag and felt for a pulse. He found one.

That gave me nightmares for years.

Holy s***! :o

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This reminds me of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Premature Burial". The man was the master of the macarbre (sp?). Actually, this has not been a rare occurance throughout history. In fact, they used to design coffins with a rope leading to a bell in case the person ... well, you get the idea.

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QUOTE(YASNY @ Jan 26, 2005 -> 12:58 PM)
This reminds me of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Premature Burial".  The man was the master of the macarbre (sp?).  Actually, this has not been a rare occurance throughout history.  In fact, they used to design coffins with a rope leading to a bell in case the person ... well, you get the idea.

 

And don't Voodoo cultures have a mix that reders the body into a deathlike state, or is that an urban legend?

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