Man Who Was Being Eaten By Maggots Dies At Hospital

[matcom]

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YONKERS, N.Y. -- A 63-year-old man died a day after emergency workers found him at his home in such squalid conditions that maggots were eating his flesh, a fire official said Wednesday.

Paramedics went to Michael Link's home Sunday night after his 66-year-old brother and roommate, Adam Link, said the victim was having trouble breathing, fire department surgeon Roger Chirurgi said.

Michael Link was lying in his own feces on a pile of debris and "had open wounds with maggots eating on the flesh," Chirurgi said.

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[sakabatou]

1. Well that's a pleasant way to die...

[meegbear]

2. Thanks for the great lunchtime post!

:puke:

[kick-ass-bob]

4. Hey! Is that rice... or ...

:puke:

[malmapus]

3. I thought maggots only ate dead flesh?

The whole thing about using maggots for people with serious wounds was to prevent infection because they will eat the dead flesh and leave healthy flesh alone.

[Reverend_Smitty]

5. they were probably eating the infected stuff out of the open wounds

boy, that was a sentence that I thought I'd never type...

[malmapus]

8. Yeah, thats what I'm thinking

Lol yeah, you and me both. I wouldn't of known myself except for a program that was on the other night about the medical community using maggots (can't believe I watched it but was very interesting).

[Reverend_Smitty]

10. I've seen shows on them before

doctors like to use the maggots because unlike anti-biotics...they'll only take out the bad stuff. With that said, they still score pretty high on the heeby-jeeby scale. I wouldn't want them crawling around on me!

[lpbk2713]

6. A real nice lunchtime post.

Thanks.

[DS1]

7. Bah, I tube of Neosporin would've fixed him RIGHT up!

:eyes:

[WeRQ4U]

9. Holy hell.

Do not want to go out like that.

[Parche]

11. Man

So he was in such a hurry he was eating on the "fly"???

[northzax]

12. well great, today I learned another word I don't want in my obituary

I have to add 'maggots' to 'rabid ferrets' 'baboon' and 'Ricky Martin'

[Misunderestimator]

13. Well, thanks for that.

Glad it's not lunchtime for me.

[MercutioATC]

14. No pictures?

Bummer.

[anarch]

15. jesus wept!

"he's having trouble breathing..........oh, and he's also being eaten by maggots."

[Zuni]

16. At least he died doing what he loved best

lying in his own excrement being devoured by vermin