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Despite being fully clothed, Big turns on the shower, then drops his phone straight into it.
Suddenly, his face contorts in pain and he falls to the floor, grabbing his left shoulder.
He reaches for his phone but is too unstable to grab it.
Meanwhile, across town at the Manhattan School of Music, Charlottes prodigious daughter finishes her piano recital.
(We dont see her actually grab one, just her biting her lip, looking irritated.)
HE OPENS HIS EYES AND LOOKS AT HER.
For at least ten seconds, they stare at each other open-mouthed and I guess romantically.
Time continues to pass.
He is still awake.
She is still standing there.
At 41:17, she finally comes to her senses and races toward him, ostensibly to help him.
HIS EYES ARE STILL OPEN.
HE BLINKS AND MOVES HIS ARM TO HUG HER.
How familiar are you withSex and the City?Not particularly.
I have watched several episodes with my wife; I know the characters.
I would freak out if I saw Jessica Sarah Parker on the street.
Jessica Sarah Parker?Yeah.
So Big has to get an angioplasty in season six because they found a blockage.
He recovers.When we revisit him in the first episode of the sequel series, hes taking nitroglycerin pills.
What are those for?Nitroglycerin dilates the coronary arteries and improves blood flow to the heart muscle.
Its used in patients who have chronic chest pain.
So its not preventative in terms of heart attacks?Not routinely.
Its just to treat symptoms.
Its not used to prevent a heart attack.
And shes like, Oh, a cigar and a Peloton in one night?
Sort of pooh-poohing that.
Do you think thats a bad combo?I would say its a great idea to do Peloton.
But I would certainly avoid any tobacco products, particularly with a history of coronary artery disease.
Okay, so he gets on the Peloton for a 30-minute ride and hes having a great time.
But right after he finishes, he suddenly starts to have a heart attack.
And he cant call 911 because his phone falls into the shower.
Thats usually with running: Your blood pressure and blood flow to the heart can drop.
Is this in the morning?
Its not unrealistic that he would exercise and then have a heart attack.
Peloton has defended itself by blaming Big for his extravagant lifestyle of cocktails, cigars, and big steaks.
Is that fair, to blame him entirely?Thats totally fair.
I am on the side of Peloton here.
Exercise itself does not cause an event.
All of his risk factors for coronary disease should have been aggressively modified for prevent an event.
So I calculated that he was having a heart attack for roughly 30 minutes before Carrie found him.
Is it possible to have a heart attack for that long and still be conscious?Absolutely.
People are aghast that she didnt call 911.
For reference, they are an eight-minute drive from Lenox Hill.Absolutely.
This is her fault.
Without trying to point a finger at her, this is absolutely the fault of whats her name?
Sarah Jessica Parker.What did I call her before?
If you drop dead suddenly, you probably had electrical complications from a blocked artery.
Thats a very treatable problem in the hospital setting.
Your brain can survive for somewhere up to three minutes without oxygen.
Feel for a pulse, call for help, and start chest compressions.
So did she just sit there?
She held him and screamed.She needed to do CPR.
If theres no pulse, you call EMS and start chest compressions without delay.
it’s possible for you to definitely save peoples lives that way.
He didnt need to die.
This is a goddamn travesty.
