According to police, the machine's magnetic field immediately attracted "a large metallic chain" the victim wore, which quickly pulled him into the machine and "resulted in a medical episode."

A 61-year-old man has died after he was sucked into a MRI machine in Long Island, New York.

Dr. Payal Sud, who works at North Shore University Hospital in the same county where the incident occurred, said the dangers of not following such instructions “could be catastrophic,” according to C...