Corpse Left Standing For Three Days
by Susan Glimmer
A Puerto Rican mans family honors his last wish.
A stand up guy
A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing - even in death.
A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.
Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother’s living room.
His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: “He wanted to be happy, standing.”
The owner of the Marin Funeral Home, Damaris Marin, said the mother asked him to fulfill her dead son’s last wish.
Pantoja was found dead Friday underneath a bridge in San Juan and buried Monday. Police are investigating.
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Melissa on Tuesday, August 19, 2008my boyfriend has always said he wants to be stuffed and put in his recliner with a beer and a nascar race on tv.
Richard on Thursday, August 21, 2008That is Obamas other lost brother.
