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Pet shop expects delivery of tropical fish, but get a dead man
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by Amy Judd | March 10, 2009 at 07:01 pm
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Staff at a pet shop in Philadelphia were shocked when they opened up their shipment of what they thought was tropical fish, but turned out to be the body of a man.
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The owner of the Pets Plus store went to get the delivery and instead a coffin was waiting for him.
"At first when I looked at it, I said, 'Fish never come this way'," he said.
He said he eventually learned that the body inside was that of a 65-year-old man from San Diego, California, who died of early onset Alzheimer's Disease.
The man was supposed to go to a lab in Pennsylvania, but due to an 'unfortunate mix-up' according to the airline he ended up waiting for the pet store to pick him up.
The airline said the mix-up was due to a mix-up in verbal communication.
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at 19:06 on March 10th, 2009
Great video! :)
at 03:36 on March 11th, 2009
The airline said the mix-up was due to a mix-up in verbal communication.
This article should be marked as an Opinion....surely the communication must have been the wrong facts by the airline....making it an opinion.....and so this article is purely an opinionated piece. Perhaps even an outright lie.
Rev. Jermano
at 20:54 on March 11th, 2009
Unfortunately, the Phila. airport is known for such kind of mix-ups. This was a lead story on last night's TV news. Thanks for covering it too.