Dead man stands throughout 3-day wake
Family fulfills Puerto Rican's wish by propping up his body in living room
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26290833/

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing — even in death.


A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.

Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother's living room.

His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: "He wanted to be happy, standing."

The owner of the Marin Funeral Home, Damaris Marin, told The Associated Press the mother asked him to fulfill her dead son's last wish.

Pantoja was found dead Friday underneath a bridge in San Juan and buried Monday. Police are investigating.
[Edited 8/19/08 13:08pm]

that's fucked up

uhm , well. erm...uuhh.

Shorty said:

its fucking disgusting is what it is

I shouldn't ....




I REALLY shouldn't.....






but.....

what did they do shove a broom stick up his ass?
[Edited 8/19/08 12:38pm]

why stop with standing?

tell ya what, when i die? no burial for me, just call the taxidermist

XxAxX said:

like what? a final BJ?

horatio said:

well, why not a pose of some sort? winding up to pitch the last inning of the world series..... ?

XxAxX said:

or pushing a churro stand

OMG I would've been pranking EVERYBODY!!!

Attach some strings to his feet and hands

At least he's not a Steelers fan. Is that a remote in his hand???

they did the same thing with beyonce.

.

Oh shit.

horatio said:

doing a little dance cha cha cha cha

SCNDLS said:

oh my

SCNDLS said:

that is so fucking sad

horatio said:

you don't like polka dot pants??

horatio said:

A pimp in life, a pimp to tha death.

I don't get open casket funerals. I don't want to look at dead loved ones!

NDRU said:

i agree. i went to a relative's funeral a few years back and we were assured it would be closed casket. we were shocked when we showed up and the next of kin had changed their mind. it's kind of traumatic in that situation when you're expecting one thing and you discover another.

So many people lack class these days. It's good to see that even in death some are committed to staying classy.

Anxiety said:

omg, that looks like Mya Rudolph!

Anxiety said:

that's why i like to bring a big yellow smiley-face mask to put on the decedent. so they look like this:

Anxiety said:

I've skipped services for friends (very casual ones, not close) because I knew it would be open casket.

I've actually never seen a dead person, it really creeps me out to know that some day I wont be able to avoid it.

Damn can we get some type of warning on this thread?

Stymie said:

like, dead man standing??

XxAxX said:

Like, pictures of dead people.

Stymie said:

you can't even tell he's dead though. that white hat kinda gives it away, as does the way he sort of leans into the lady next to him but he looks so very lifelike