Byline: David Wenner
Oct. 1--Extremely obese people tend to make national news, but not necessarily for humane reasons.
Earlier this month, a rescue crew had to cut a hole in the house of a 900-pound Michigan man, move him with a forklift and take him to the hospital on a flatbed truck.
The story made the news and caught the attention of Larry Roberts in Cumberland County.
Roberts didn't take note because it was sad or bizarre, but because it was so unsafe. If the truck had been in an accident, the patient would have no protection, noted Roberts, the chief operating officer for West Shore EMS and a former ambulance responder.
Those same concerns, combined ...