Man Wanted to Remain Standing, Even in Death

Posted by Alex in Everything Else on August 20, 2008 at 2:27 pm


Angel Pantoja Medina has an unusual last wish. The 24-year-old Puerto Rican man wanted to remain standing, even in death:

A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.

Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother’s living room.

His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: "He wanted to be happy, standing."

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(Photo: Juan Alicea Marcado / El Nuevo Dia)


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13 comments to "Man Wanted to Remain Standing, Even in Death"

  1. bean
    August 20th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    Man, this is so not going to help negative Puerto Rican stereotypes.

  2. fz
    August 20th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    Uh... interesting

  3. JohnnyS
    August 20th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    Too classy for words.

  4. Idil
    August 20th, 2008 at 6:47 pm

    he was talking about his death when he was 24, then he died? :S

  5. Lola
    August 20th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

    Idil, yeah I was thinking the same thing.

  6. tigergal39
    August 20th, 2008 at 8:14 pm

    This is just plain creepy. I don't like to see a corpse laid out properly, let alone standing. I get chills just thinking about it!

  7. stacyj
    August 20th, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    If that's what he wanted, it's not hurting anybody I s'pose - but I do wish you hadn't posted a picture of him on the front page, that was something I really didn't want to see =(

  8. leongsoon
    August 20th, 2008 at 10:11 pm

    Looking good.

  9. Christophe
    August 20th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

    last man standing

  10. bruce
    August 20th, 2008 at 10:57 pm

    how do you say "weekend at bernie's" in Spanish?

  11. nick
    August 21st, 2008 at 9:01 am

    i showed this to my wife and mentioned that maybe i'd like to something like this if i ever die, but maybe be standing by the door with my hand extended for a hand shake. she said no.

  12. JME
    August 21st, 2008 at 9:42 am

    creep-tastic. i don't think i'd be able to be in the same room with him. i can't even walk up to a coffin without the underlying fear the person is going to sit up and grab me.

  13. Jimbo
    August 22nd, 2008 at 9:50 am

    Angel Pantoja Medina died while using a curling iron to stimulate his prostrate and it was plugged in.

    Just kidding. But he will forever be remembered as a moron.


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