Woman Impaled In Tub For 6 Hours, She is 92
 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 92-year-old Harlem woman who fell in her bathtub became impaled on the cold water tap and screamed for help for more than six hours before she was rescued, the fire department said.
After falling on Wednesday, Thelma Riley banged on walls and shouted for help for hours, said Lt. James McCluskey. "The neighbors at first thought it was a plumber," he said.

Neighbors finally used a key to get into the apartment, finding Riley with the four-pronged knob stuck in her lower back, the Daily News reported.

Firefighters cut the metal tap with bolt cutters and took her to Harlem Hospital where it was removed. "It was in there pretty good," McCluskey said.

Riley was resting at the Harlem Hospital on Thursday.

excellent

What exactly does "stuck in her lower back" mean?

Wasn't the US government behind it?

It's a nice way of saying it went in one of her orifices.

she got assraped by the tap rofl.

Which one?

Dude lose that sig...
What's wrong with you?

Why do you insist on explicity?

thats a sad thing to happen to someone that is that old :(

at college the shower knob was long and you pull it up to turn on the water. the shower stall was narrow, and theres a small bench in the back that you can put your foot on, when shaving your legs. It never failed, you'd always hear (or be the one) to yelp "WOAH!" lol Never was IMPALED, but a lil shocked with a cold metal handle every now & then... lol

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

"i'm falling.... im falling and i cant get up"

four-pronged knob stuck in her lower back.. shit

That's not a good thing. Ouch!

:( that is so sad to be that old and alone and get hurt like that :(

It is amazing at how well some old people hold up with an injury like that.

that had to fucking hurt. goddamn.

i saw one of those emergency room shows a while back. well, some guy had slipped and fallen in his tub, and his soap holder had sliced into him. it went up his back and basically flayed him. he had a huge flap of skin hanging off. it was gross.

Poor old woman..that must have been horrible

Interesting article.

when i get old im going to get one of those life alert things