The body of Chandra Bahadur Dangi, a Guinness World Record holder for being the world’s shortest man, who died in Pago Pago, the territorial Capital of American Samoa on September 4 while undergoing treatment, has yet to be repatriated home due to financial crunch, family members have said.
The body of Chandra Bahadur Dangi, a Guinness World Record holder for being the world’s shortest man, who died in Pago Pago, the territorial Capital of American Samoa on September 4 while undergoing treatment, has yet to be repatriated home due to financial crunch, family members have said.
The family members, however, said that one Yogendra Chhetri living in the United States told them over the phone that initiations are on to send back the body to Nepal soon.
Dangi’s nephew Dolakh, who accompanied Dangi during his trip to the US to participate in a circus and is still staying there, informed some days ago, through a social networking site, that consultations were being held with the circus company, with which Dangi worked before he died, to manage money to repatriate the body.
It has been said that long travelling-process and refusal of planes carrying passengers to ferry the body are some of the difficulties.
Dangi, a permanent resident of Dang district, was 76. He breathed his last at Lyondan B Johnson Tropical Medical Center in Pago Pago while receiving treatment. He was suffering from pneumonia. Dangi set a record in Guinness World Records as world’s shortest man with a height of 54.6 cm.
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