The "drunk" wasn't drunk

[Dmitri]

Re. this clip CaliG posted here -- I forwarded it to a friend and he informed me that this guy in the background was not drunk at all.

He had a head trauma at birth (they were pulling him out by the head using vacuum suction ), and he developed cerebral paralysis right there after delivery... He can't speak and has a lot of trouble controlling his movement.

Here's a link to a news article and a clip (sorry, all in Russian...)
http://www.kp.ru/daily/24076.5/312737/

Support and money have been coming in, after this misrepresentation on the internet has been exposed.

On a lighter note, apparently (according to the clip referenced above) he actually enjoyed all the attention.

Anyway, just wanted to let people know... Next time you see this famous clip, please remember this.

[ashe]

vacuum suction? WTF?

[Dmitri]

Well not the vacuum they use to clean the floor... (At least I hope not.)
http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,4545,00.html
Freakin' horrible stuff, although apparently sometimes it's the only/best option?

I'm just glad I didn't have to find that out with either of my kids.

[Wen]

Josh had to be taken with vacuum/suction method. He's fine, it's not the best way at all - nor the safest, but it was the only option. There's a lot of kids that have massive issues after that happens, it's totally unfortunate...but sometimes, as Dmitri stated, sometimes there's nothing else they can do!!