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Charles Wade-Palmer & Laura Sharman

Man cut in half by forklift begged doctor to save him even if he was just a head

A man who was sliced in half by a forklift told his family to keep him alive even if he was just a "head on a plate."

Loren Schauers, 20, was working in the forklift on a bridge when he plummeted 50ft, severing his arm and crushing his lower body in September 2019.

His family were left with the devastating decision of whether to ask doctors to save him by cutting him in half and risking Loren wishing they hadn't.

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