The family of Keith McAllister, 61, is speaking out a week after an MRI machine sucked him up by his metal chain, subsequently killing him on July 17.

B ack on July 17, a 61-year-old man tragically died after being drawn into a Magnetic Resonance Machine (MRI) the day before. Now, his family is speaking out. The incident occurred on July 16, when the man, Keith McAllister, was sucked into the machine upon walking into the MRI room at a medical facility in Westbury, New York.

Keith McAllister, 61, died after he entered an MRI room at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury last week while a scan was in progress.