Man Embalmed Atop His Motorcycle
I tried to come up with a catchy title for this off-beat story: Easy Deader, Dead Rider, Stiff Rider etc. They came off pretty lame and soul-less. Instead, I’ll just tell you about the 22 year old Puerto Rican man who was killed during a shooting last week. When it came time for his funeral, loved ones showed up to find his body embalmed atop his Honda motorcycle, hunched over as though he was ready to take off. I guess he really like riding:
If you are entering immortality, why not go out with a bang.
A man, who died after being shot last Thursday, April 22 in Puerto Rico, was embalmed in a non-traditional way.
Visitors at his wake will find him riding atop his motorcycle and complete with the attire and sunglasses. He is positioned as if he was revving the engine and in a fast highway.
David Morales Colon, 22 years old and a victim of shooting, was positioned in the lifelike manner as requested by his family, who brought the motorcycle at the funeral home after he was killed.
The motorcycle, a Repsol-liveried Honda CBR600 F4 (pictured), was a gift to Colon by his uncle.
The funeral home responsible for the unusual setup is Marin Funeral Home in Hato Rey in San Juan, the very same one that embalmed another shooting victim standing straight in 2008.
One can say that Colon is riding to the afterlife.
Source: Daily Contributor
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