Dick Pipe

Newark, New Jersey, January 28, 2010:

Doctors and nurses at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center struggled to get a man's penis out of a stainless steel pipe because the restricted blood flow had caused it to become erect.

Instead, they resorted to calling in the Newark Fire Department.

The fire crew turned up with a special equipment unit from the Mulberry Street station and seven firefighters to help. One fireman understatedly described the situation a "delicate operation."

The firefighters used a four-and-a-half-inch industrial metal grinder to cut the pipe from around the anaesthetised man's penis.

The penis was left bruised and swollen, but otherwise unharmed by its traumatic day.

The man -- identified as Ronatarian Party higher-up Brad -- did not explain to hospital staff how exactly the pipe got stuck around his penis when he presented himself at the hospital's Emergency Room on Wednesday morning. He was said to be "quite concerned and anxious."

A Newark Fire Department spokesman said: "It was a very delicate operation that required a very steady hand and the crew was worried about things getting too hot during the cutting."

"It's certainly an unusual call-out, and I hope [Brad] won't be getting into that situation again. But you can 'never say never' when dealing with the likes of these people on the fringes of society."

Shift manager Greg Garrett from the Lincoln Avenue fire station told The New Jersey Spew: "I’ve only come across this type of thing three or four times in my 17 years as a firefighter. It’s not a daily occurrence."

Posted by Bittle at January 28, 2010 01:57 PM