I wonder what this “rescue” by New York’s finest cost the taxpayer. Fire engines, ambulances, cop cars and dozens of police and firemen all getting paid to hoist a land whale out of her window because she has eaten herself to such a size she can’t fit through a doorway any longer. You can be sure she is on SSDI, Medicare, SNAP, and dozens of other government freebies. Her apartment is probably Section 8, so the window removal will be covered by the taxpayer too. Including this rescue, I’d estimate this land whale costs the taxpayers of NY and the U.S. at least $1 million per year.
Sick obese woman – estimated to be 800 pounds – rescued from East Harlem apartment in net by FDNY
They should have brought a bigger ambulance.
Firefighters had their hands full in East Harlem Friday as they tried to transport a sick woman who is estimated to be about 800 pounds, officials and witnesses said.
Paramedics rushed to the woman’s second-floor apartment on Fifth Ave. near E. 111th St. — just a block from Central Park — about 1:15 p.m. officials said.
They treated the girthy gal, but quickly realized that her size prevented them from getting her out the front door, sources with knowledge of the incident said.
Firefighters were called in to remove a window and perform a “high angle operation,” officials said.
Angus Mordant/for New York Daily News
EMS secured the woman – estimated to weigh more than 800 pounds – in a large net and hoisted her down to an awaiting ambulance, witnesses said.
