Competitive runner survives heart attack - Among bullet holes [amp] memorials, Parisians return to life

Competitive runner survives heart attack




HIS FEET FROM A HEART ATTACK AT
THE AGE OF 43.
I HAVE BEEN RUNNING MOST OF
MY LIFE.
I HAVE BEEN RUNNING SINCE I WAS
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I RAN COMPETITIVELY IN HIGH
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
TRACY: BUT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO,
DAMON GANNON'S ROUTINE OF
RUNNING CAME TO A HALT.
I WAS OUT CROSS COUNTRY
SKIING ONE DAY, AND I DIDN'T
FEEL WELL.
THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC SYMPTOM, I
JUST FELT TIRED.
TRACY: DAMON SAYS AT FIRST HE
THOUGHT HE WAS COMING DOWN WITH
THE FLU.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE PAIN HE FELT
STARTED IN HIS THROAT, BUT HE
SAYS IT SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF
HIS BODY, INCLUDING HIS BACK AND
LEFT ARM.
IT PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE
UNTIL THE POINT IT WAS
EXCRUCIATING PAIN AND IT WASN'T
GETTING BETTER.
TRACY: AND THAT IS WHEN DAMON
SAYS HE DECIDED TO GO TO
DECIDED TO GO TO THE
HOSPITAL, WHERE TO HIS SURPRISE
A NURSE TOLD HIM THE PAIN HE WAS
FEELING WERE THE SYMPTOMS OF A
HEART ATTACK.
SHE SAID IF I HAD WAITED
OVERNIGHT AND PLANNED TO COME IN
THE NEXT MORNING, I MAY HAVE
BEEN DEAD BY THE MORNING.
I HAD PLAQUE, FATTY DEPOSIT IN
I HAD PLAQUE, FATTY DEPOSIT IN
MY CORONARY ARTERY.
TRACY: THIS DESPITE LIVING A
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
SO WHAT WAS BEHIND DAMON'S HEART
ATTACK?
FAMILY HISTORY, A MAJOR RISK
FACTOR FOR HEART DISEASE. BUT HE
SAYS HE CREDITS HIS HISTORY AS A
RUNNER FOR ULTIMATELY HELPING
HIS HEART.
EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT RUNNING
AS MUCH AS I USED TO, I STILL
HAD A RUNNER'S HEART AND I THINK
THAT AND THE STRENGTH OF MY
HEART SAVED MY LIFE.
LITERALLY I THINK RUNNING SAVED
MY LIFE.

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Among bullet holes and memorials, Parisians return to life




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>>> WELCOME BACK TO andquot;THE LEAD.andquot;
I'M JAKE TAPPER.
I'M COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM
PARIS.
WE'RE AT THE PLACE DE LA
REPUBLIQUE, THE CITY OF LIGHT
HAS BECOME THE CITY OF CANDLE
LIGHT AS THIS COMMUNITY MOURNS.
THOUGH IT DOES REMAIN DEFIANT.
IT'S THE FIRST WEEKDAY TODAY
THAT PARISIANS RETURN TO SCHOOL
AND TO WORK.
THOSE ICONIC SIDEWALK CAFES.
EARLIER TODAY WE VISITED SOME OF
THE SITES OF THE HORRIFIC ISIS
TERRORIST ATTACKS TO SEE THE
CITY IN MOURNING AFTER THOSE
TERRORISTS TOOK 129 LIVES.
AT FIRST BLUSH PARIS SEEMED TO
BUSTLE TODAY JUST LIKE ANY OTHER
MONDAY MORNING.
BUT THE VERY REAL FEAR, THE
HORROR, THE TERROR, IT LIES
RIGHT BENEATH THE SURFACE.
IN PART BECAUSE THESE ISIS
TERRORISTS STRUCK AT THE MOST
ORDINARY OF LOCATIONS.
>> I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS AND
THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS LIKE
NOW MY SCHOOL AND OLDER.
>> IT STARTED FRIDAY EVENING IN
THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY WITH
SUICIDE BOMBERS AT THE STADE
DE FRANCE.
ABOUT FIVE MILES LATER ABOUT
FIVE MILES AWAY IN THIS ORDINARY
FRENCH NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE
PARISIANS SITTING OUTSIDE
ENJOYING A NICE FRIDAY NIGHT
DINNER, A BLACK CAR PULLS UP AND
TWO TERRORISTS OPEN FIRE KILLING
15 PEOPLE IN THIS OUTDOOR B
BISTRO, WOUNDING COUNTLESS
OTHERS.
A FEW MINUTES LATER JUST A FEW
BLOCKS AWAY THE TERRORISTS AGAIN
ATTACKED KILLING FIVE PEOPLE WHO
WERE JUST EATING OUTSIDE.
IF YOU LOOK OVER THERE ON THE
WALL OF THIS RESTAURANT, YOU CAN
SEE A PICTURE OF AMERICAN
COLLEGE STUDENT NOHEMI GONZALEZ
WHO WAS IN PARIS ON AN OVERSEAS
STUDY PROGRAM.
SHE WAS 23 YEARS OLD.
NEAR HER PICTURE YOU CAN ALSO
SEE BULLET HOLES.
THIS MAN STOPPED TO SHOW US HOW
THE TERRORISTS SPRAYED BULLETS
ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BULLET HOLE AFTER BULLET HOLE, A
MARK OF INDISCRIMINATE EVIL
SPARING NO ONE IN INTENT
INCLUDING THIS SHOP.
OUR GUIDE, A MUSLIM FRENCH
SHOPKEEPER CAME FROM TUNISIA
MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO.
THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING THESE
HORRIBLE THINGS IN THE NAME OF
YOUR RELIGION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
>> THAT'S FALSE HE TELLS ME.
TO KILL AN INNOCENT IN THE NAME
OF ISLAM, THAT'S HELL.
YOU'RE GOING TO HELL.
THE SIDEWALKS ARE MARKED BY
MAKESHIFT MEMORIALS, EACH ONE
SYMBOLIZING HEARTBREAKING LOSS.
A 4 AND A HALF-YEAR-OLD GIRL
LEFT THIS NOTE, I'M THINKING OF
YOU IT SAYS.
JUST STEPS AWAY FROM WHERE
BODIES FELL STANDS A FLOWER
SHOP.
IT'S DOING BUSINESS TODAY.
THEY COME HERE TO MOURN.
THEY COME HERE TO PRAY.
THEY COME HERE BECAUSE THEY DO
NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
IT MUST BE VERY UNSETTLING TO
HAVE THIS HAPPEN RIGHT IN FRONT
OF YOUR STORE.
LIKE YOU, HE TELLS ME, YOU
ALMOST HAVE TEARS IN YOUR EYES.
WE ARE ALL LIKE THAT.
WE ARE UNABLE TO SLEEP.
WE ARE THINKING ONLY OF THIS.
WE ARE TALKING ONLY OF THIS.
THE FLORIST LEAVES US FOR A
SECOND THEN RETURNS CLUTCHING A
PRINTOUT PICTURE OF GONZALEZ.
I GOT THIS TO SHOW MY WHICH I
SHALL, HE SAYS, TO EXPLAIN TO
THEM THAT ANYONE CAN BE KILLED.
SHE'S JUST THE AGE OF MY
DAUGHTER.
MUSICIAN ARRIVES PULLING A PIANO
BY BICYCLE TO TRY TO INJECT SOME
HOPE INTO THE SADNESS.

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