By Doug Harris
The Dayton Daily News
DAYTON, Ohio — Emergency squads are making calls on more super obese people than ever, many weighing in excess of 800 pounds. And for the Dayton Fire Department, getting those severely overweight patients to the hospital has required extra crews and a little improvising.
“We have a device our sewing room made called ‘The Big People Mover,’” said Lieutenant Doug Monnin. “It’s basically a large tarp with handles.”
Monnin may not be able to rattle off the statistics on obesity in America, but he can tell it’s on the rise because of the number of times the Big People Mover has been called into action.
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