Chinese Workout Nightmare

(Hong Kong) Wednesday night, a 42-year-old man entered the 24-hour exercise area of Lam Tin Park and commenced doing push-ups on a bench designed with holes in it to let rainwater drain off.

At some point, he unzipped his shorts and took out his penis. It's unknown why, however, the story has been burning up the Hong Kong Internet forums.

As he did the push-ups, his penis went into a small hole about 2.5 centimeters in diameter on the bench and got stuck.

As a result, he used his mobile telephone to summon emergency help. The fire department rushed to the scene. However, the man's penis was enlarged and could not be extracted.

During this time, the man pleaded: "Please don't take photographs of me!" But of course the Hong Kong photojournalists would never let this pass. The firemen covered the man up with a blanket.

Two doctors from the United Hospital nearby were brought to the scene. The doctors gave him pain-killer shots as well as cutting a small opening on his penis to release blood to reduce the swelling, but those efforts were ineffective.

Finally, the firemen used electric saws to cut off a portion of the bench and carted him off to the hospital. One rescuer said: "There are all sorts of strange people in this world."

According to information, the man had taken some potency enhancement medication just before he began to do push-ups.

The man's name wasn't disclosed. Let's just call him Bob.

Notably, the sit-up/push-up bench is manufactured to meet American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard F1487.

Here's the video. You can hear the guy's painful moans.