How the heck did he do it?

[Freesia88]

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I just read a piece about Frank Abagnale and I am blown away by the fact that he was able to impersonate a doctor for almost a year...Chief Resident Pediatrician to be exact. How in the world does that happen?

 

[yellowperil]

For eleven months he impersonated a chief resident pediatrician in a Georgia hospital under the alias Frank Conners. He chose this course after he was nearly arrested disembarking a flight in New Orleans. Afraid of possible capture, he retired temporarily to Georgia. When filling out a rental application he impulsively listed his occupation as "doctor", fearing that the owner might check with Pan Am if he wrote "pilot". After befriending a real doctor who lived in the same apartment complex, he agreed to act as resident supervisor of interns as a favor until the local hospital could find someone else to take the job. The position was not difficult for Abagnale because supervisors did no real medical work. However, he was nearly exposed when an infant almost died from oxygen deprivation; he had no idea what a nurse meant when she said there was a "blue baby". He was able to fake his way through most of his duties by letting the interns handle the cases coming in during his late-night shift, setting broken bones and other mundane tasks. When the hospital found a replacement he returned to piloting, leaving only after he realized he could put lives at risk by his inability to respond to situations like the blue baby.

from wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale#Doctor

 

[Praefectus]

You need to exude confidence and have the [fake] credentials to back it up. Knowing some terminology also helps.

 

[Ravizzle]

I concur

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[ShenanigansMD]

Watch Burn Notice, then you'll understand... maybe. I'm even befuddled by this.

 

[CoolWhipp]

Damn! I should have concurred!

 

[Freesia88]

I concur

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Damn! I should have concurred!

I had to ask some one at work and then find the scene on youtube. Hilarious! 😀

 

[Claudin]

Ahem, do you concur?

 

[lobo.solo]

I concur

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+1. Great movie!

 

[Freesia88]

He was a boss conman. Glad the feds didn't confine him to a cell.

No Kiddin'

I was a little miffed at first that he kinda sorta got off, but then it made sense. Why let that kind of genuis go to waste?