Dead Guy's Last Request: Body of man kept standing for 3-day wake
He saw himself as a standup guy - even in death.
Angel Pantoja, a 24-year-old sanitation worker in Puerto Rico, told relatives for years that when he died, he "didn't want to be put in a box" for his wake.
"If something happens to me, I want to be seen standing," he said.
The young man, who was found shot to death under a bridge on the island Friday, got his wish for three days over the weekend. He was embalmed upright, and then strapped to a corner wall in his bedroom, according to the El Nuevo Dia newspaper.
His corpse was dressed in a Yankee cap, jeans and a long-sleeve, white shirt under a brown T, and he wore a long, silver chain and cross around his neck. His eyes were covered by Dolce & Gabbana sunglasses.
"He wanted to be happy, standing," said Pantoja's brother, Carlos, who added that they had planned to come to New York at the end of the month in search of a better life.
Pantoja's mother had asked the mortuary to prepare her son's body in the unusual way, the funeral director said.
The funeral home wound up performing "an ordinary process of embalming," the director said.
"Only he had to be secured to the wall with a few straps" to face the crowd, he added.
Pantoja's funeral was far more traditional.
He was laid to rest Monday - horizontally - in a white pearl coffin in a local cemetery, the paper said.
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Comment by sygh'ris on September 1, 2008 at 8:53am -
WOW!!!! that is scary
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Comment by keona hicks on August 26, 2008 at 5:44pm -
now that is different never head o such a thing in my life
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Comment by Jamel on August 26, 2008 at 9:41am -
fake
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Comment by Rza Bigman on August 26, 2008 at 5:15am -
jiga byte ur f*****!!!! annoying grow up!!!!
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Comment by KENYON on August 25, 2008 at 7:28pm -
thats some dumb ass s*** if i ever heard!your dead you dont know what the hell is going on with your body!that s*** looks so stupid!
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Comment by BILLYBADASS on August 25, 2008 at 8:00am -
mutch respect BILLYBAD WILL GO THE SAME WAY REST IN PEACE ANGEL
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Comment by jquiz on August 24, 2008 at 9:27pm -
so he wanted to be seen for three days standing with the names of two faggots across his face? That s*** is really gangster.
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Comment by sexylexus on August 24, 2008 at 2:54pm -
I'm glad ppl still respect ur wishes after ur gonna no matter how strange it is
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Comment by teena on August 24, 2008 at 11:34am -
THATS SUM CRAZY S*** BUT I GUESS IN HIS EYES IF U LAID DOWN THEY GOT U BUT IF U STAND IN UR ON DEATH A B**** HAVE TO RESPECT U EVEN IF UR GONE OR NOT UR STILL STANDIN....
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Comment by GETURMONEY on August 24, 2008 at 1:29am -
just crazy!
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