LOS ANGELES (KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO) -- Costa Mesa firefighters successfully saved a man's penis after extracting the organ from a metal hole used under normal circumstances to fasten a dumbbell weight. Doctors say if the penis had not been freed from the blood-blocking steel grip, the organ would have died.
The man had apparently been unable to remove the device from his penis for at least two days, and sought help at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach. Doctors called firefighters after realizing they did not have the proper tools at the hospital to free the organ.
At the hospital, firefighters used a saw to break the ring. They successfully removed the inch-thick, collar-like object after two hours.
The man reportedly was trying to make his organ longer, and was heard to say his desire for increased penis size would make him "the chief of the tribe". The man had initially refused medical treatment, but doctors were able to tie the man to a table while the procedure took place.
Firefighters called the man was "a wingnut".
The man had apparently been unable to remove the device from his penis for at least two days, and sought help at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach. Doctors called firefighters after realizing they did not have the proper tools at the hospital to free the organ.
At the hospital, firefighters used a saw to break the ring. They successfully removed the inch-thick, collar-like object after two hours.
The man reportedly was trying to make his organ longer, and was heard to say his desire for increased penis size would make him "the chief of the tribe". The man had initially refused medical treatment, but doctors were able to tie the man to a table while the procedure took place.
Firefighters called the man was "a wingnut".
