Weighty problem:

Dozens of rescuers called in to move a 490 pound woman
October 26, 2007
Dozens of firemen and Red Cross workers took part in an operation to transport a woman weighing 490 pounds from her home in Colombia's northern city of Cucuta to a local hospital.
The rescuers were forced to knock down two walls and one door, using saws and drills, to get 70-year-old Clementina Rios out of her home, in an operation that took over four hours to complete.
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REAL: Rescuers knock down 2 walls to hoist 35 stone woman from her home


Clementina Rios who weighs in at 490 pounds is hoisted out of her home by dozens of rescuers
"We are making a path which we will use to transport the stretcher," said Cucuta Fire Department Lieutenant David Monzalve.
"Later we will attach it to a forklift so it can be taken to the main road where she will be transported in the volunteer firemen rescue vehicle," Monzalve added.
Lying on a stretcher, Rios was carefully lifted by forklift and placed on a truck which drove her to another vehicle that was to transport her to the hospital.
Up, up and away: The emergency services had to demolish two walls to reach the 70-year-old woman
Upon her arrival at the medical centre, Rios' daughter Ruth Blanco said her mother felt much calmer following the procedure to take her out of her home.
"Everyone has been wonderful and she is well. She is happy, because they have her here."
Rios was transferred to the hospital to receive treatment for renal deficiency.
The Columbian woman was transferred to a truck before heading to the hospital

Passengers on broken-down bus gets out and push it to bus depot

26th October 2007
A group of bus passengers got a bit of exercise on their journey - when they had to get out and push their National Express coach.
The driver asked his 25 passengers for help after the 11.15am coach from Heathrow to Norwich broke down at a road junction in Mildenhall, Suffolk.
Ten of them answered his plea and used all their strength to push the 14 ton coach around 200 yards to a nearby bus depot on Wednesday afternoon.

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Slide Blunders

Custom cake from Wal-Mart

Some people at an office were having a going away party the other day for a woman that is leaving. One of the supervisors called a Wal-Mart and ordered the cake. He told them to write: “Best wishes Suzanne” and underneath that write “we will miss you”.

Here’s the cake that was delivered:

They didn’t even spell "underneath" correctly.

How many farm animals can you fit into a Fiat Uno?

In a bizarre case of overloading, two policemen in northern KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa impounded a blue Fiat Uno on Thursday which was being used to transport two cows and two goats.
Police spokesperson Captain Jabulani Mdletshe said two off-duty policemen were informed by residents of the Phelindaba area near Emanguzi in northern KwaZulu-Natal that they had seen a man loading a cow into the small vehicle.
By the time the two officers arrived, the driver had loaded his vehicle and attempted to speed away. Realizing that he was not losing the police, he stopped his car and fled into the bushes.
The police officers discovered that the Fiat Uno had not one unwilling passenger, but four - two cows and two goats.

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I won't let Daddy die: Girl of six raises £4,000 for life-saving drugs the NHS won't provide

Faced with the prospect of losing her father to cancer, Chantelle Hill reacted a little differently to the average six-year-old.

Instead of letting the grown-ups deal with it, she decided to save him herself

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