*Update*Man Wakes Up in Body Bag at Funeral Home Coroner Calls Incident Miracle

[DiamondSmiles]

LEXINGTON, Mississippi —Leaders at a funeral home in Lexington found a person alive and kicking in a body bag.

The man was found at the Porter and Sons Funeral Home, on Yazoo Street.

Walter Williams woke up and surprised many people.

"I asked the coroner what happened, and the only thing he could say is that it's a miracle," Holmes County Sheriff Willie March said.

"I stood there and watched them put him in a body bag and zipped it up," Williams' nephew, Eddie Hester, said.

The coroner said he checked Williams' pulse about 9 p.m. Wednesday and pronounced him dead at his home in Lexington.

"That was at 10:30, and at 2:30, my cousin called me and said, 'Not yet,' and I said, 'What you mean not yet?' He said, 'Daddy still here,'" Hester said.

After the coroner helped move Williams to Porter and Sons Funeral Home, workers were getting ready to embalm him, but that's when he started to move.

Byron Porter said it's the first time he's ever seen anything like it. Williams' was inside the zipped up body bag and kicking to get out.

Paramedics rushed Williams him to a hospital, where family members said Thursday night that he's happy to be alive.

"I don't know how long he's going to be here, but I know he's back right now. That's all that matters," Hester said.

The coroner said Williams' pacemaker may have stopped working and then started up again.

Family members said Williams is a fighter. He's been a long time farmer and worked for the school board.

[Megamel29]

What the hell? His pacemaker might have stopped working? For how long? That would be awful, just laying there, waiting to die.

[winvens]

Wow. Just wow.

[Pyramid_Head]

Brings more fear about being alive when they start my autopsy.

[tbone79]

I bet the coroner had a cor-in-ary

That'll put skidmarks in your underpants.

[jesse]

Originally Posted by Pyramid_Head

Brings more fear about being alive when they start my autopsy.

Scary as hell. Many things can happen. I read that when a body is exhumed and re-examined by a coroner, when he cuts the vein where the embalming fluid was inserted and blood comes out first?

It means the person was still alive when the embalming started.

[Pink.]

Originally Posted by diamondsmiles

You may watch the news video here.

http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/vi...w&VID=25667207

wapt.com

February 27, 2014

LEXINGTON, Mississippi —Leaders at a funeral home in Lexington found a person alive and kicking in a body bag.

The man was found at the Porter and Sons Funeral Home, on Yazoo Street.

Walter Williams woke up and surprised many people.

"I asked the coroner what happened, and the only thing he could say is that it's a miracle," Holmes County Sheriff Willie March said.

"I stood there and watched them put him in a body bag and zipped it up," Williams' nephew, Eddie Hester, said.

The coroner said he checked Williams' pulse about 9 p.m. Wednesday and pronounced him dead at his home in Lexington.

"That was at 10:30, and at 2:30, my cousin called me and said, 'Not yet,' and I said, 'What you mean not yet?' He said, 'Daddy still here,'" Hester said.

After the coroner helped move Williams to Porter and Sons Funeral Home, workers were getting ready to embalm him, but that's when he started to move.

Byron Porter said it's the first time he's ever seen anything like it. Williams' was inside the zipped up body bag and kicking to get out.

Paramedics rushed Williams him to a hospital, where family members said Thursday night that he's happy to be alive.

"I don't know how long he's going to be here, but I know he's back right now. That's all that matters," Hester said.

The coroner said Williams' pacemaker may have stopped working and then started up again.

Family members said Williams is a fighter. He's been a long time farmer and worked for the school board.

Transcript of news broadcast:

IT HAPPENED HOLMES COUNTY AT A FUNERAL HOME IN LEXINGTON. 16 WAPT'S TAMMY ESTWICK EXPLAINS HOW FAMILY MEMBERS SAY HE CAME BACK TO LIFE. THE STORY IS SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE.. HOW WALTER WILLIAMS "WOKE UP" FROM THE DEAD IN HOLMES COUNTY. WILLIE MARCH: HOLMES COUNTY SHERIFF " I ASKED THE CORNER WHAT HAPPENED AND THE ONLY THING HE COULD SAY IS THAT IT'S A MIRACLE "I STOOD THERE AND WATCHED THEM PUT HIM IN A BODY BAG AND ZIPPED IT UP " EDDIE HESTER : NEPHEW THE CORONER TOLD US HE CHECKED THE PULSE AROUND 9 O'CLOCK WEDNESDAY NIGHT, -- AND PRONOUNCED WILLIAMS DEAD AT HIS HOME IN LEXINGTON. WITH NO HEARTBEAT. ""THAT WAS A 1030 AND AT 230 MY COUSIN CALLED ME AND SAID "NOT YET "AND I SAID WHAT YOU MEAN "NOT YET" HE SAID DADDY STILL HERE"" EDDIE HESTER : NEPHEW AFTER THE CORONER HELPED MOVE WILLIAMS TO PORTER AND SONS FUNERAL HOME, WORKERS WERE GETTING READY TO EMBALM HIM. -- BUT THAT'S WHEN HE STARTED TO MOVE... SOT: "HE WAS NOT DEAD LONG STORY SHORT . " BYRON PORTER SAYS ITS THE FIRST TIME HE'S EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. A MAN INSIDE THE ZIPPED UP BODY BAG, KICKING TO GET OUT. "BYRON PORTER : FUNERAL HOME OWNER SOT: TAMMY: SO HE MISSED IT BY HOW MUCH? I DON'T KNOW TAMMY: A COUPLE MINUTES MAYBE? NO NO MORE THAN THAT MAYBE . WE DEFINITELY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO HIM ONCE YOU SAW THAT HE WAS ALIVE RIGHT ONE WE SAW THAT HE WAS DECEASED. PARAMEDICS RUSHED WILLIAMS HIM TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE TONIGHT FAMILY MEMBERS SAY - THEY'RE HAPPY HE'S ALIVE. EDDIE HESTER : NEPHEW NOW I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE'S GOIN TO BE HERE BUT I KNOW HE'S BACK RIGHT NOW. THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS. IN LEXINGTON TAMMY ESTWICK 16 WAPT NEWS.

although I call this MEDICAL MISTAKE,....I have to say WAY TO GO OLD DUDE!!!!!

Enjoy the time you have left.

[JoeBlack666]

I would have had to yell ZOMBIE and start hitting it with something

[JustifiableHomicide]

He's alive, but now can only feed on brains.

[Darkest Angel]

Originally Posted by diamondsmiles

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wapt.com

February 27, 2014

LEXINGTON, Mississippi —Leaders at a funeral home in Lexington found a person alive and kicking in a body bag.

The man was found at the Porter and Sons Funeral Home, on Yazoo Street.

Walter Williams woke up and surprised many people.

"I asked the coroner what happened, and the only thing he could say is that it's a miracle," Holmes County Sheriff Willie March said.

"I stood there and watched them put him in a body bag and zipped it up," Williams' nephew, Eddie Hester, said.

The coroner said he checked Williams' pulse about 9 p.m. Wednesday and pronounced him dead at his home in Lexington.

"That was at 10:30, and at 2:30, my cousin called me and said, 'Not yet,' and I said, 'What you mean not yet?' He said, 'Daddy still here,'" Hester said.

After the coroner helped move Williams to Porter and Sons Funeral Home, workers were getting ready to embalm him, but that's when he started to move.

Byron Porter said it's the first time he's ever seen anything like it. Williams' was inside the zipped up body bag and kicking to get out.

Paramedics rushed Williams him to a hospital, where family members said Thursday night that he's happy to be alive.

"I don't know how long he's going to be here, but I know he's back right now. That's all that matters," Hester said.

The coroner said Williams' pacemaker may have stopped working and then started up again.

Family members said Williams is a fighter. He's been a long time farmer and worked for the school board.

Darn it Diamond smiles u beat me to it!!