Rushin: Rod Carew Opens Up About Heart Attack

[Seth Stohs]

 

“I was dead,” he says, “and they brought me back to life.”

 

Maybe this was known, but I wasn't aware the in late September while on a golf course in San Diego, Rod Carew had a massive heart attack. 

 

 

 

It was 11 days before his 70th birthday. Stepping off that tee box, Carew suddenly felt his chest burn and his hands go clammy. Retreating to the clubhouse, he lay on the floor and asked a woman there to call a paramedic. “The next thing I saw was a man with paddles in his hands,” Carew says. “He was yelling, ‘We’re losing him! We can’t lose him!’ Then I blacked out.”


When he woke in the ER at Riverside Community Hospital—to more paddles, and more shouts of “Don’t lose him!”—Carew closed his eyes again. “I decided to go to sleep,” he says softly. “And I didn’t know if I’d wake up.”

 

 

Carew is a pretty private, deeply religious person. This is a very interesting article...

 

I had the chance to sit next to him at a FCA event after a Twins game during spring training. What a nice man. He spoke about his faith and such to a small group. 

 

I'm sure as Twins fans, and human beings, we wish him well as he recovers.

[nicksaviking]

I hadn't heard about this.  Glad we didn't lose another of our team's icons.

 

If he hasn't yet, here's hoping to a full recovery.

[Riverbrian]

Rod Carew was my first Twins Hero

 

Reports today that he needs a heart transplant.

 

My prayers to my hero.

[Halsey Hall]

Carew is a really good guy, I hope he gets his transplant.