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Standing at his own funeral.

I'm speechless.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26290833/?GT1=43001

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Dead man stands throughout 3-day wake
Family fulfills Puerto Rican's wish by propping up his body in living room

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.


08-27-2008 05:13 AM
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RE: Standing at his own funeral.

I can just say. WTF


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08-27-2008 05:18 AM
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RE: Standing at his own funeral.

How sweet.


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RE: Standing at his own funeral.

I guess i am not to used to things being done that way. I am not quite sure why i see something wrong with that. Maybe just set in my ways. Don't really know if wakes and funerals are a time to come up with novelties.

08-27-2008 07:40 AM
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RE: Standing at his own funeral.

That is a little odd, but I guess it is good that his family followed through with his wishes.


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RE: Standing at his own funeral.

wahhhh! man that is freaking creepy!

why?! i mean what does that achieve how does that why?!

gawd that is creepy

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RE: Standing at his own funeral.

I thought at first, okay that is a little weird but I can see that he might want to stand there for whatever reason, but then I saw the picture of the guy kissing the dead body, now that's just creepy.....


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RE: Standing at his own funeral.

Antihero Wrote:
That is a little odd, but I guess it is good that his family followed through with his wishes.


That's what I thought.


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I thought at first, okay that is a little weird but I can see that he might want to stand there for whatever reason, but then I saw the picture of the guy kissing the dead body, now that's just creepy.....


To the best of my knowledge it is I think something a lot off ppl do. Like elderly ppl do when they wake one morning to fined there other half died in the night. They kiss them good bye. I think the guy is he's brother so I can see why he would do that.

I have to say he dose look well to say he's dead. He looks healthier then a lot of the living.

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RE: Standing at his own funeral.

I'm sure that's his brother kissing his cheek. It's actually pretty sad.

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RE: Standing at his own funeral.

That's pretty dope.

It seems like a pretty simple last wish and people to abide by it.

I mean from an outsider's view how odd is putting someone in a box and burying them?

There are cultures around who would eat their dead.

Different strokes for different folks.


08-28-2008 11:19 AM
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