Obese woman rescued from East Harlem apartment in net

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A sick obese woman, Marie Bowman, 70, reported to have been about 910 pounds had to be rescued by firefighters as they tried to transport her to the hospital, officials and witnesses said. Marie was said to have been suffering from lymph disease that cause swelling. The last time she left the apartment was September 2014.

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Paramedics rushed to the woman’s second-floor apartment on Fifth Ave. near E. 111th St. — just a block from Central Park but quickly realized that her size prevented them from getting her out the front door, sources with knowledge of the incident said. They had to call for the services of firefighters to remove a window and perform a “high angle operation,” officials said. They secured the woman in a large net and hoisted her down to an awaiting ambulance with a crane, witnesses said.

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The scary experience has since made her want to lose weight!