Dying for a Last Ride

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He looks as though he is about to take his powerful motorbike for a speedy race along the streets. But this motorcyclist is going nowhere – he’s dead.

This is grieving Puerto Rican-style, where the funeral home have put the body of David Morales Colon on display in what can only be described as a slightly bizarre way.
Rather than the traditional casket, Mr Colon, 22, who was murdered last Thursday, sits embalmed astride his Honda motorcycle.
Visitors, including children, file in to take pictures of the young man at the Marin Funeral Home in San Juan dressed in his typical biking gear, helmet included, on top of his beloved machine

Visitors, including children, file in to take pictures of the young man at the Marin Funeral Home in San Juan dressed in his typical biking gear, helmet included, on top of his beloved machine.

Story courtesy of The Daily Mail:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1269846/The-quick-dead-Embalmed-biker-sits-astride-motorcycle-funeral-home.html

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Why not? It’s kind of a nice tribute (I think).

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See what you get for riding a Honda??

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