Firefighters use a crane to lift a 265kg (585-pound) French woman
suffering from respiratory problems from her apartment near Lille,
northern France, June 9, 2003. The woman, a mother of four who has not
left her home in six years, was taken by fire engine to a hospital in
Valenciennes where she remains in critical condition. The 49-year-old
woman fell ill late on Sunday but was too large to be carried down the
winding stairs of her apartment building and firemen even had to
dismantle part of the bedroom window to evacuate her. REUTERS/Pascal
Rossignol

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