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Long Island man, 61, dies after getting sucked into MRI machine while wearing large metal chain

By New York Post  
   July 18, 2025

A 61-year-old man who was sucked into an MRI machine on Long Island while wearing a metal neck chain has died from his injuries, authorities said Friday. The freak accident happened Wednesday at Nassau County Open MRI in Westbury when the man was pulled into the magnetic resonance imaging machine by his 'large metal chain,' Nassau County cops said.

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