Corpse Proves Yankee Fan a Stand-Up Guy

Puerto Rico man receives last wish: to be mourned upright
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Aug 19, 2008 3:13 PM CDT
Corpse Proves Yankee Fan a Stand-Up Guy
The body of deceased Angel Pantoja Medina, left, stands leaning against a wall during his wake as unidentified people attend his wake in his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico.   (Juan Alicea Mercado)

A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing—even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing for his 3-day wake, the AP reports. Dressed in a Yankees cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother's living room.

"He wanted to be happy, standing," said Pantoja's brother Carlos.
(More Puerto Rico stories.)

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