{"id":381197,"date":"2010-03-02T18:04:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T23:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=95181"},"modified":"2010-03-02T18:04:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T23:04:48","slug":"elliott-yamin-trapped-in-earthquake-ravaged-chile-with-limited-diabetic-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/381197","title":{"rendered":"Elliott Yamin Trapped In Earthquake-Ravaged Chile With Limited Diabetic Supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh no! Former<em> American Idol<\/em> Elliott Yamin miraculously survived Saturday&#8217;s shattering earthquake in Chile, but if he has to stay in ravaged region much longer, the diabetic crooner could face a serious health crisis. <\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" id=\"Redlasso\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/player.redlasso.com\/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"embedId=2cafd999-b850-49ea-89b5-2a1ea5cdd55a&#038;pid=undefined\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/player.redlasso.com\/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf\" flashvars=\"embedId=2cafd999-b850-49ea-89b5-2a1ea5cdd55a&#038;pid=undefined\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" name=\"Redlasso\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Yamin called into <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/2010\/03\/01\/exclusive-idol-finalist-elliott-yamin-needs-chile-running-diabetic-supplies\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%253A+foxnews%252Fentertainment+%2528Text+-+Entertainment%2529\">Good Day Los Angeles<\/a><\/em> on Tuesday, where the <em>Idol<\/em> alum revealed that he&#8217;s desperately searching for a way out of South America as he runs out of the diabetic supplies that help keep him healthy.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI am a Type 1 diabetic and I only packed enough insulin supplies for my pump to last a couple more days, so I\u2019m starting to worry. I don\u2019t know how long we\u2019re going to be here. This country isn\u2019t very keen on insulin pumps; supplies for my pump are running low. Hospitals here are very crowded, and as you can imagine, they are dealing with bigger thing,&#8221;<\/em> Elliott explained. <em>\u201cI hope to get home before I slip into a diabetic coma. That would be nice,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m trying to be positive..&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-95181\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yamin had just returned to his hotel after finishing a performance as part of a singing competition festival in Vina Del Mar, Chile, when he felt the magnitude 8.8 earthquake which hit the South American country  just after 3 AM local time on Saturday. For the singer, the shock is just beginning to set in:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Good morning world!\u2026 still stuck in Santiago, with no clear idea as to when we get out.. decided 2 stay put.. embassy says not to go to Mendoza \u2026 I think I\u2019m starting to have post traumatic stress, as I reflect on where I\u2019ve been over the last 2 weeks, and what I\u2019ve been thru.. although I\u2019m safe, alive, and well, still experiencing aftershox, and will be restless until I touch down on American soil&#8230;..&#8221;<\/em> a despondent Elliott Tweeted this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Elliott finished third on the fifth season of <em>American Idol<\/em>. Best wishes to Elliott. 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Yamin called into Good Day Los Angeles on Tuesday, where the Idol alum revealed that he&#8217;s desperately searching for a way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-381197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}