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I was having unexplained chest pain and tried to wait it out to see if it would go away...
At the time of the incident, I was racing in the NASCAR weekly racing series at the Stockton 99 Speedway, in Stockton California...
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I nearly drowned at a beach after being hit by several waves...
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I grew up in a rational family with educated parents...
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During the summer, I was on vacation at my father's place...
It was a cold night in 1991...
I drank too much alcohol at a New Year’s Eve celebration...
On the morning of 11/27/2015, before going to bed after working the night shift, I started to experience chest pain...
My second son was about to be born...
My brother was sleeping on the adjacent bed, and my parents were sleeping in the next room...
I was age 15 and having an operation...
I had struggled with episodes of extremely rapid heartrate at a young age...
