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New York Post
a day ago
- New York Post
Long Island ‘fight club' busted when gunfire breaks out — 13 arrested
A 'fight club'' was busted at a Long Island swim center Sunday night when gunfire broke out, leading to 13 arrests, cops said. Suffolk County cops responded to a reported gunshot around 6 p.m. near the Brookhaven Aquatic Center in Shirley and broke up the unauthorized underground fighting ring there, police told Newsday. One of the participants had pulled out a gun during a scuffle and fired blank shots, which injured two males, ages 17 and 19, cops said. Both were taken to a local hospital. Most of the people arrested were between the ages of 16 and 20. Thirteen people were arrested when Suffolk County Police broke up what they called an 'unauthorized fight club event' in Shirley, LI. News 12 Long Island Most of the participants were between 16 and 20, police said. News 12 Long Island One suspect, Devine Brown, 25, of Mastic Beach was charged with assault, menacing, prohibitive use of a weapon and unlawful assembly, police said. He was detained overnight and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday. Suffolk County Police did not immediately respond to a Post request for additional information. The incident is the second time police have been called to break up a fight club in Suffolk County in the past few weeks, according to Newsday. Three men were charged in June after cops busted an unauthorized afternoon brawl, which was advertised on social media and drew about 70 people to Walt Whitman Park in Melville. Most of those in attendance were in their early 20s, cops said. The notion of illicit organized brawls was popularized by the 1996 novel 'Fight Club' by Chuck Palahniuk, which he based off of his own experiences participating in them. The book was later adapted into the Oscar-nominated film under the same title in 1999 starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt.
Saudi Gazette
2 days ago
- Health
- Saudi Gazette
Man dies after being pulled into an MRI by a metal chain he wore, police say
WASHINGTON — A man died last week after being pulled into an MRI machine by a 'large metallic chain' police said he was wearing around his neck – highlighting the importance of checking for any metallic objects before going near the powerful magnets used in the medical imaging machines. The 61-year-old died Thursday, a day after Nassau County police said he was pulled into the MRI machine at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, New York, on Long Island. The victim was wearing 'a large metallic chain around his neck causing him to be drawn into the machine,' prompting an unspecified 'medical episode,' police said in a news release. The man's entry to the room 'while the scan was in progress' was not authorized, police said. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition before he was declared dead the following day. The investigation is ongoing, police said. Police have not identified the victim, but CNN affiliate News 12 Long Island reported his name was Keith McAllister, according to his wife, Adrienne Jones-McAllister. She told the station she was the one undergoing the MRI. 'He went limp in my arms,' Jones-McAllister said through tears. A person who answered the phone at Nassau Open MRI on Sunday said it had no comment. Used often for disease detection and diagnosis, MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, according to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. The technology relies in part on powerful magnets to stimulate protons within a patient, who is placed inside the machine, allowing doctors to capture detailed images of the patient's anatomy. That strong magnetic field, however, emanates beyond the MRI machine, posing a threat to those who might be wearing metallic objects or have them implanted. The magnets exert 'very powerful forces on objects of iron, some steels, and other magnetizable objects,' the scientific institute notes, with enough strength 'to fling a wheelchair across the room.' Jones-McAllister was getting an MRI on her knee, she told News 12, and needed help getting up afterwards. She said she asked the MRI technician to retrieve her husband for assistance. 'I yelled out Keith's name, 'Keith, Keith, come help me up,'' Jones-McAllister said. According to News 12, Jones-McAllister said her husband was wearing around his neck a 20-pound chain with a large lock he used for weight training. 'At that instant, the machine switched him around, pulled him in, and he hit the MRI,' Jones-McAllister said. She said she and the technician tried to pry her husband away from the machine. 'I'm saying, 'Could you turn off the machine? Call 911. Do something. Turn this damn thing off!'' Because of the risks posed by an MRI machine's magnetic field, patients are urged to notify their doctors about any medical implants prior to an MRI, in case they contain any metallic materials. Pacemakers, insulin pumps and cochlear implants are all examples of implants that the NIBIB says should under no circumstances enter an MRI machine. But items outside the machine pose risks as well, as last week's tragedy in Westbury demonstrated. Anything magnetic – from something as small as keys, to something as large (or larger) than an oxygen tank – can become a projectile, threatening the safety of anyone nearby. 'Metal in a room that has the magnet will fly across the room to the scanner, to this large magnet, and will really hit anything in its way,' Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a radiologist, told CNN in 2011. 'So within radiology training, one learns very early that that's not OK, that you can't have external metal in the room, and you can't have metal in the patient,' she said. 'That could lead to a problem.' These accidents have happened in the past: In 2001, a 6-year-old boy was killed during an MRI at a hospital in Valhalla, New York, after a metal oxygen tank flew across the room when the machine's electromagnet turned on. The magnetized tank struck the child, who died of blunt force trauma injuries. These events are rare, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. Still, '(c)areful screening of people and objects entering the MR environment is critical to ensure nothing enters the magnet area that may become a projectile,' the agency says. — CNN
Irish Independent
2 days ago
- Health
- Irish Independent
Man wearing 9kg weight-training chain dies after being pulled into MRI machine
The man (61) had entered an MRI room while a scan was under way on Wednesday afternoon at Nassau Open MRI. The machine's strong magnetic force drew him in by the metallic chain around his neck, according to a release from the Nassau County Police Department. He died on Thursday afternoon. Adrienne Jones-McAllister told News 12 Long Island in a recorded interview that she was undergoing an MRI on her knee when she asked the technician to get her husband, Keith McAllister, to help her get off the table. She said she called out to him. She told News 12 that the technician summoned her husband into the room. He was was wearing a 20-pound (9kg) chain that he uses for weight training, an object they'd had a casual conversation about during a previous visit with comments like: 'Ooooooh, that's a big chain!' When he got close to her, she said, 'at that instant, the machine switched him around, pulled him in and he hit the MRI.' 'I said: 'Could you turn off the machine, call 911, do something, Turn this damn thing off!'' she recalled, as tears ran down her face. 'He went limp in my arms.' She said the technician helped her try to pull her husband off the machine but it was impossible. 'He waved goodbye to me and then his whole body went limp,' Jones-McAllister told the TV outlet. Jones-McAllister told News 12 that McAllister suffered heart attacks after he was freed from the MRI machine. It wasn't the first New York death to result from an MRI machine. In 2001, 6-year-old Michael Colombini of Croton-on-Hudson was killed at the Westchester Medical Center when an oxygen tank flew into the chamber, drawn in by the MRI's 10-ton electromagnet. In 2010, records filed in Westchester County revealed that the family settled a lawsuit for $2.9 million. Magnetic resonance imaging machines 'employ a strong magnetic field' that 'exerts very powerful forces on objects of iron, some steels, and other magnetizable objects,' according to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, which says the units are 'strong enough to fling a wheelchair across the room.'
The Hill
2 days ago
- Health
- The Hill
Man dies after being pulled into MRI machine while wearing metal chain
WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — A man who was pulled into an MRI machine in New York after he walked into the room wearing a large weight-training chain around his neck has died, according to police and his wife, who told a local television outlet that he waved goodbye before his body went limp. The man, 61, had entered an MRI room while a scan was underway Wednesday afternoon at Nassau Open MRI. The machine's strong magnetic force drew him in by the metallic chain around his neck, according to a release from the Nassau County Police Department. He died Thursday afternoon, but a police officer who answered the phone at the Nassau County police precinct where the MRI facility is located said the department had not yet been given permission to release the name Saturday. Adrienne Jones-McAllister told News 12 Long Island in a recorded interview that she was undergoing an MRI on her knee when she asked the technician to get her husband, Keith McAllister, to help her get off the table. She said she called out to him. She told News 12 that the technician summoned into the room her husband, who was wearing a 20-pound chain that he uses for weight training, an object they'd had a casual conversation about during a previous visit with comments like: 'Ooooooh, that's a big chain!' When he got close to her, she said, 'at that instant, the machine switched him around, pulled him in and he hit the MRI.' 'I said: 'Could you turn off the machine, call 911, do something, Turn this damn thing off!'' she recalled, as tears ran down her face. 'He went limp in my arms.' She said the technician helped her try to pull her husband off the machine but it was impossible. 'He waved goodbye to me and then his whole body went limp,' Jones-McAllister told the TV outlet. Jones-McAllister told News 12 that McAllister suffered heart attacks after he was freed from the MRI machine. A person who answered the phone at Nassau Open MRI on Long Island declined to comment Friday. The phone number went unanswered on Saturday. It wasn't the first New York death to result from an MRI machine. In 2001, 6-year-old Michael Colombini of Croton-on-Hudson was killed at the Westchester Medical Center when an oxygen tank flew into the chamber, drawn in by the MRI's 10-ton electromagnet. In 2010, records filed in Westchester County revealed that the family settled a lawsuit for $2.9 million. MRI machines 'employ a strong magnetic field' that 'exerts very powerful forces on objects of iron, some steels, and other magnetizable objects,' according to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, which says the units are 'strong enough to fling a wheelchair across the room.'
The Advertiser
3 days ago
- Health
- The Advertiser
Man dies after neck chain pulls him into MRI machine
A man who was pulled into an MRI machine in New York while wearing a large weight-training chain around his neck has died, with his wife revealing he waved goodbye before his body went limp. The 61-year-old man entered an MRI room while a scan was underway on Wednesday afternoon at Nassau Open MRI. The machine's strong magnetic force drew him in by the metallic chain around his neck, according to a release from the Nassau County Police Department. He died on Thursday afternoon, but a police officer who answered the phone at the Nassau County police precinct where the MRI facility is located said the department had not yet been given permission to release his name. Adrienne Jones-McAllister told News 12 Long Island she was undergoing an MRI on her knee when she asked the technician to get her husband, Keith McAllister, to help her get off the table. She told News 12 the technician summoned her husband, who was wearing a nine kilo chain that he uses for weight training, an object they'd had a casual conversation about during a previous visit with comments like: "Ooooooh, that's a big chain!" When he got close to her, she said, "at that instant, the machine switched him around, pulled him in and he hit the MRI". "I said: 'Could you turn off the machine, call 911, do something, Turn this damn thing off!'" she recalled, as tears ran down her face. "He went limp in my arms." The technician helped her try to pull her husband off the machine but it was impossible. "He waved goodbye to me and then his whole body went limp," Jones-McAllister said. He suffered heart attacks after he was freed from the MRI machine, she said. MRI machines "employ a strong magnetic field" that "exerts very powerful forces on objects of iron, some steels, and other magnetisable objects," according to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, which says the units are "strong enough to fling a wheelchair across the room". A man who was pulled into an MRI machine in New York while wearing a large weight-training chain around his neck has died, with his wife revealing he waved goodbye before his body went limp. The 61-year-old man entered an MRI room while a scan was underway on Wednesday afternoon at Nassau Open MRI. The machine's strong magnetic force drew him in by the metallic chain around his neck, according to a release from the Nassau County Police Department. He died on Thursday afternoon, but a police officer who answered the phone at the Nassau County police precinct where the MRI facility is located said the department had not yet been given permission to release his name. Adrienne Jones-McAllister told News 12 Long Island she was undergoing an MRI on her knee when she asked the technician to get her husband, Keith McAllister, to help her get off the table. She told News 12 the technician summoned her husband, who was wearing a nine kilo chain that he uses for weight training, an object they'd had a casual conversation about during a previous visit with comments like: "Ooooooh, that's a big chain!" When he got close to her, she said, "at that instant, the machine switched him around, pulled him in and he hit the MRI". "I said: 'Could you turn off the machine, call 911, do something, Turn this damn thing off!'" she recalled, as tears ran down her face. "He went limp in my arms." The technician helped her try to pull her husband off the machine but it was impossible. "He waved goodbye to me and then his whole body went limp," Jones-McAllister said. He suffered heart attacks after he was freed from the MRI machine, she said. MRI machines "employ a strong magnetic field" that "exerts very powerful forces on objects of iron, some steels, and other magnetisable objects," according to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, which says the units are "strong enough to fling a wheelchair across the room". A man who was pulled into an MRI machine in New York while wearing a large weight-training chain around his neck has died, with his wife revealing he waved goodbye before his body went limp. The 61-year-old man entered an MRI room while a scan was underway on Wednesday afternoon at Nassau Open MRI. The machine's strong magnetic force drew him in by the metallic chain around his neck, according to a release from the Nassau County Police Department. He died on Thursday afternoon, but a police officer who answered the phone at the Nassau County police precinct where the MRI facility is located said the department had not yet been given permission to release his name. Adrienne Jones-McAllister told News 12 Long Island she was undergoing an MRI on her knee when she asked the technician to get her husband, Keith McAllister, to help her get off the table. She told News 12 the technician summoned her husband, who was wearing a nine kilo chain that he uses for weight training, an object they'd had a casual conversation about during a previous visit with comments like: "Ooooooh, that's a big chain!" When he got close to her, she said, "at that instant, the machine switched him around, pulled him in and he hit the MRI". "I said: 'Could you turn off the machine, call 911, do something, Turn this damn thing off!'" she recalled, as tears ran down her face. "He went limp in my arms." The technician helped her try to pull her husband off the machine but it was impossible. "He waved goodbye to me and then his whole body went limp," Jones-McAllister said. He suffered heart attacks after he was freed from the MRI machine, she said. MRI machines "employ a strong magnetic field" that "exerts very powerful forces on objects of iron, some steels, and other magnetisable objects," according to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, which says the units are "strong enough to fling a wheelchair across the room". A man who was pulled into an MRI machine in New York while wearing a large weight-training chain around his neck has died, with his wife revealing he waved goodbye before his body went limp. The 61-year-old man entered an MRI room while a scan was underway on Wednesday afternoon at Nassau Open MRI. The machine's strong magnetic force drew him in by the metallic chain around his neck, according to a release from the Nassau County Police Department. He died on Thursday afternoon, but a police officer who answered the phone at the Nassau County police precinct where the MRI facility is located said the department had not yet been given permission to release his name. Adrienne Jones-McAllister told News 12 Long Island she was undergoing an MRI on her knee when she asked the technician to get her husband, Keith McAllister, to help her get off the table. She told News 12 the technician summoned her husband, who was wearing a nine kilo chain that he uses for weight training, an object they'd had a casual conversation about during a previous visit with comments like: "Ooooooh, that's a big chain!" When he got close to her, she said, "at that instant, the machine switched him around, pulled him in and he hit the MRI". "I said: 'Could you turn off the machine, call 911, do something, Turn this damn thing off!'" she recalled, as tears ran down her face. "He went limp in my arms." The technician helped her try to pull her husband off the machine but it was impossible. "He waved goodbye to me and then his whole body went limp," Jones-McAllister said. He suffered heart attacks after he was freed from the MRI machine, she said. MRI machines "employ a strong magnetic field" that "exerts very powerful forces on objects of iron, some steels, and other magnetisable objects," according to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, which says the units are "strong enough to fling a wheelchair across the room".
