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The Russell Daily News, Monday, Feb. 24, 1992
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GIVING NEW MEANING TO WORKING OUT WITH WEIGHTS
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Wichta (UPI) -- It was a Valentines Day to remember for a Wichita man who
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spent more than 12 hours with a 7 1/2 pound barbell weight stuck on his erect
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penis.
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Fire department officials Friday were reluctant to talk about the
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incident for fear of embarrassing the man, and refused to released his name.
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A fire department report said the man showed up at St. Francis Regional
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Medical Center about 5 p.m. Feb. 14 "distressed and desperate."
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The man told hospital workers he had decided early that morning to see
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if he would fit into the center hole of a barbell weight. He did, initially,
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but when he became erect, the man could not remove his penis.
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A doctor worked with the man for more than a hour, eventually calling
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for a fire department rescue squad and a medical officer. They arrived, and
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according to the incident reports, decided to try using bolt cutters to
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remove the weight. They succeeded in cutting a large chunk of the cast-iron
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weight away, but could not get through a center retaining ring to free the
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man.
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The firefighters had decided to get a heavier cutting tool to finish
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the job, but the physician intervened.
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Instead, a urologist made an incision, allowing the man's penis to drain
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and go limp, and removed the weight.
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The man was released from the hospital a short time later, and has not
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been heard from since.
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