Ettinger's last words: "Now I know what a polar bear feels like". I made that up because I really don't know but since I imagine he took himself out in a controlled manner, he would have had to have done it in an ice bath... thus he might have uttered the above as his last words. I never DID find a technical report on his cryopreservation. A big problem for me in cryonics was the lack of detailed reports on notable individuals. Everyone has thought of their preservation protocols as "private". Privacy in this way, is pointless, IMO. Very disappointing.