The man was wearing a large metal necklace when he entered a room where the machine, which uses a powerful magnetic field to create images, was operating.

The 61-year-old was wearing a large metallic chain around his neck when he was drawn into the machine, Nassau County police said. He later died of his injuries.

Adrienne Jones-McAllister said she was undergoing an MRI on her knee when she asked the technician to get her husband, Keith McAllister, to help her get