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Posted: Friday, 20 November 2009 6:16AM
900-pound man dies after cut from chair
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GREENWOOD, S.C. (CBS) -- A man weighing around 900 pounds died after he had to be cut out his chair in home, reports CBS affiliate WSPA-TV from Greenwood, S.C.
Authorities say he was stuck to a chair for nine months.
Daniel Webb, 33, died after being taken from his mobile home on County Farm Road Wednesday. Webb had been in a medical chair for nine months, covered in sores and human waste.
Authorities say Webb died from cardiac arrest.
Webb hadn’t left his house, or even walked for almost nine months. His wife Ada Webb says he hurt his knee and could no longer walk. He sat in a Lazy-boy for the rest of his life. "If he would have had the proper care we tried to get for him back in March this would have never happened," his wife said during an interview Thursday afternoon.
Ada Webb says she and her husband tried to get disability and insurance but could not and she says she didn’t know where else to turn. "I only hope something good comes out of this because it was so unnecessary," Webb said. They say he went into cardiac arrest but I say he died of a broken heart."
Emergency Medical Services Personnel says morbid obesity has become a real issue, and now they carry special tools onboard.
They had to use those tools for Daniel Webb.
Daniel Webb helped found the True Christian Fellowship in Westminster and was still an associate pastor.
His mother, Carol Roach, said she had no idea her son’s condition was so bad. She last saw him months ago, when he was obese, but not near death.
She says he didn’t want to leave the house because he was ashamed of his weight, and he refused others help.
She also says she got a call from him the night before his death, saying he didn’t feel good, and was ready to see a doctor.
The call came too late.
Roach says when she saw her son the morning of his death,“Oh my god…I basically knew when I looked at my son…that he was dying. His eyes were rolling back in his head…and I didn’t think he stood a chance because he was just in pitiful condition,“ she said.
She says her son died on his second wedding anniversary.
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