NOTE TO SELF- DONT REQUEST THIS, IT COULD REALLY FREAK YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY OUT.. i, Kat.. DO NOT WISH TO STAND AFTER IM DEAD.. just throw a HUGE partay, go shopping in my honor ;).. AND MAKE SURE THEY USE ONLY MAC MAKEUP ON ME- NW20 IS THE FOUNDATION COLOR!
Dead man stands throughout 3-day wake
Family fulfills Puerto Rican's wish by propping up his body in living room
The body of Angel Pantoja Medina, left, stands leaning against a wall during his wake at his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Monday.
Family fulfills Puerto Rican's wish by propping up his body in living room
The body of Angel Pantoja Medina, left, stands leaning against a wall during his wake at his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Monday.
His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: "He wanted to be happy, standing."
The owner of the Marin Funeral Home, Damaris Marin, told The Associated Press the mother asked him to fulfill her dead son's last wish.
Pantoja was found dead Friday underneath a bridge in San Juan and buried Monday. Police are investigating.