Archive for August, 2004

Con Ed Tattoo With Every Skateboard Purchase

Monday, August 16th, 2004

August 15, 2004 -- A 26-year-old skateboarder is scarred for life after she fell onto a red-hot Con Edison manhole cover — mere blocks from the scene of a tragic death earlier this year when a woman stepped onto an electrified Con Ed cover. Magazine receptionist and DJ Liz Wallenberg ...

600-Pound Woman Dies After Being Surgically Removed From Couch

Thursday, August 12th, 2004

STUART, Fla. -- A dramatic rescue ended tragically in Stuart, Florida, a rescue so difficult firefighters say they have never seen anything like it. Woman Stuck To Couch It happened late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning at the home of a 600-pound woman who was having trouble breathing. Rescuers went ...