Catheter News Network
Sure, you’re thinking one catheter story a week is more than enough, but the Minneapolis Star Tribune is apparently immune from the financial troubles plaguing newspapers across the country, and assigned a reporter to find the guy who provided a catheter to 81-year-old marathoner Jerry Johncock. He tracked down retired paramedic Rob Youcha.
“I told him I had an extra, [and] he gratefully accepted,” said Youcha, who retrieved the device from his vehicle nearby. “He hopped into the back of a parked ambulance and exited with a really big smile.”
You don’t read too many heartwarming stories about bladder relief these days, but evidently some Star Tribune readers think enough is enough. Here are a few comments about the story from the newspaper’s web page:
Why all the attention to this story?
posted by RBHolb on Oct. 12, 09 at 11:40 AMUn-pee-lievable! 81 years old and running a marathon!
posted by almontco on Oct. 12, 09 at 11:43 AMMan Had To P…End OF Story.
Is somebody really trying to find a hero with this story?
posted by bkd001 on Oct. 12, 09 at 2:33 PMI cannot believe this is still a headline. Enough already!!
posted by aanen1 on Oct. 12, 09 at 5:49 PMThis is a New Low
in ‘human interest’ stories from the Strib. Totally ridiculous. And to make it worse, they KEEP RECYCLING this story!
posted by minn12 on Oct. 12, 09 at 8:18 PMSlow death
Has the strib beat this story to death yet? Am I the only one who’s noticed that since the strib came out of bankruptcy the news stories have been allowed to hang around a bit longer then before?
posted by killermebe on Oct. 12, 09 at 8:47 PM4 times in a week.
I mean really. This is the 4th time in a week that you’ve recycled this. once on the 8th, two stories on the 9th and one today.
posted by killermebe on Oct. 12, 09 at 8:56 PM
And yes, I could have headlined this, “Newspaper and Readers Get Into Pissing Contest.”
