Paramedics Fail To Rescue 600 Pound Man

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Man Dies, Despite Rescue Attempt

A 47-year-old Waterbury man has died despite efforts by firefighters to try to get the 600-pound man out of his bedroom.

Librio Ricci died yesterday after a two-hour rescue effort.

Firefighters had been called to his home after getting a report of a man having difficulty breathing.

Firefighters and paramedics were unable to get Ricci out of his room because he weighed more than 600 pounds and would not fit through the doorways or around the turn in the stairwell on a stretcher.

Firefighters did use the front door as a makeshift stretcher. However, they had to cut out the bedroom window over the front porch and use the extension ladder from a fire truck as a winch to lower Ricci to a waiting ambulance.

Ricci was taken to Waterbury Hospital where he was pronounced dead.