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10 October 2025
A 600-pound man has been rescued from his Florida home using
a crane and a shipping pallet, in shocking footage shared online.
The unnamed man was lifted to safety after suffering a 'sudden medical crisis' in West Palm Beach on Tuesday, according to Hype Fresh.
He was unable to pass down the stairway or exit through doors due to his size and undisclosed health complications.
Instead, rescuers used a crane and truck to hoist him from the home and take him to the hospital, as shown on video.
Responders also had to cut part of the apartment wall out, along with some of the balcony railings.
Firefighters carefully secured the patient onto a sturdy pallet padded with pillows before lowering him 20 feet to the ground, where an ambulance was waiting.
Paramedics then took him to a local hospital for urgent care. Obese patients who need specialist movers are known as bariatric in medical terms.
First responders follow guidelines to ensure they are trained in safely moving bariatric people.
