"Firefighters use giant 'sledge' to slide 40 ton man from flat in eight-day rescue"

From The Daily Mail:

Seventy firefighters and paramedics battled for eight days to free a 40-ton man after he fell ill at home. Russell Parkin, 41, was dragged downstairs from his second-floor flat in a giant bowl-shaped 'sledge' by 50 men before being airlifted to hospital with a Chinook helicopter. Two neighbouring flats had to be demolished so he could be squeezed outside, screened by a hastily erected advertising hoarding for privacy.

Paramedics were called to Mr Parkin's home in New Eltham, South East London, at around 8pm in early May, but had to draft in the fire service for extra help. It wasn't until a few days later when neighbours said they were woken by the sound of a controlled demolition of parts of the building. A neighbour told The Sun how the former security worker had ballooned recently after living on a diet of Indians and Tesco delivery drivers.