A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing - even in death.
A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.
Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, he was mourned by relatives while propped up in his mother's living room.
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