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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">According to this Newsweek report (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/mri-machine-death-new-york-2101170__;!!KGKeukY!zRtFhM_Lp429ZPqLneK_39oYIxQHS6VNmJbUhHwOaRm7n3EnN9-9UHtMgCwU3l0fR0gzt8QHZiK_IPvJfbIYK0TmJ1KzpZgs32Nrd13CzMGdeYE$">https://www.newsweek.com/mri-machine-death-new-york-2101170</a>), it was not an ordinary necklace –
“a 20-pound chain … with a large lock which he used for weight training” is clearly beyond most people’s definition of “jewelry” and is certainly deadly in that kind of environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Intl_DxMedPhys] EXT MSG Re: Man pulled into MRI scanner (AP story)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">The news article says he was wearing a large, metal necklace and walked through a door he wasn’t supposed to. So it sounds like he hadn’t been screened yet, and
probably wasn’t being escorted. The news article also said it was an open MRI (or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The news article says he was wearing a large, metal necklace and walked through a door he wasn’t supposed to. So it sounds like he hadn’t been screened yet, and probably wasn’t being escorted.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The news article also said it was an open MRI (or at least the facility was named for an open MRI), and I’m kind of surprised that an open MRI would be strong enough to pull a person hard enough by a necklace
to be pulled in or pulled over into something? But it’s been more than a decade since I’ve been in a room with an open MRI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The facility is not listed as accredited by ACR.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM<br>
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<b>Subject: </b>EXT MSG Re: [Intl_DxMedPhys] Man pulled into MRI scanner (AP story)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Update: The man died from his injuries. https:</span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> </span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">//www.</span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> </span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">nbcnews.</span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> </span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">com/news/us-news/man-dies-sucked-long-island-mri-machine-rcna219720
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Update: The man died from his injuries.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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