DeclinetoState
03-08-2007, 09:00 AM
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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 46 minutes ago
SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA, Mexico - A man who once weighed well over a half ton left his house for the first time in five years Wednesday — wheeled outside on his bed to greet neighbors and see a mariachi band. "The sky is beautiful and blue and what I want is to enjoy the sun," said Manuel Uribe, who had once been certified by doctors as weighing 1,235 pounds. Though still unable to leave his bed, Uribe has lost 395 pounds since he began a high-protein diet a year ago. He now weights about 840 pounds.
To celebrate the milestone, six people pushed Uribe's wheel-equipped iron bed out to the street as a mariachi band played and a crowd gathered. Then, a forklift lifted him onto a truck and the 41-year-old rode through the streets of San Nicolas de los Garza, a Monterrey suburb.
With dozens of reporters and photographers in tow, Uribe traveled along, passing the town's plaza and church and waving at clusters of people eager to get a glimpse of him.
Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_he_me/mexico_half_ton_man;_ylt=AqIChFIzfAR8ocWZ6OK40Lys0 NUE)
He's trying to get down to a svelte 265.
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 46 minutes ago
SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA, Mexico - A man who once weighed well over a half ton left his house for the first time in five years Wednesday — wheeled outside on his bed to greet neighbors and see a mariachi band. "The sky is beautiful and blue and what I want is to enjoy the sun," said Manuel Uribe, who had once been certified by doctors as weighing 1,235 pounds. Though still unable to leave his bed, Uribe has lost 395 pounds since he began a high-protein diet a year ago. He now weights about 840 pounds.
To celebrate the milestone, six people pushed Uribe's wheel-equipped iron bed out to the street as a mariachi band played and a crowd gathered. Then, a forklift lifted him onto a truck and the 41-year-old rode through the streets of San Nicolas de los Garza, a Monterrey suburb.
With dozens of reporters and photographers in tow, Uribe traveled along, passing the town's plaza and church and waving at clusters of people eager to get a glimpse of him.
Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_he_me/mexico_half_ton_man;_ylt=AqIChFIzfAR8ocWZ6OK40Lys0 NUE)
He's trying to get down to a svelte 265.