FIREFIGHTERS CRANE LIFT AN OBESE WOMAN SUFFERING FROM RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS NEAR LILLE, 2003-06-09 (photo)

Firefighters use a crane to lift a 265kg (585-pound) French woman suffering from respiratory problems from her apartment near Lille, northern France, June 9, 2003. The woman, a mother of four who has not left her home in six years, was taken by fire engine to a hospital in Valenciennes where she remains in critical condition. The 49-year-old woman fell ill late on Sunday but was too large to be carried down the winding stairs of her apartment building and firemen even had to dismantle part of the bedroom window to evacuate her. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol PR