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2nd December 2011, 02:21 AM
Three Brothers in Italy Suffer Heart Attacks on the Same Day; Only One Survives
By Leader Staff (http://www.clevelandleader.com/user/1). Published on 11/29/2011 - 9:27am http://www.clevelandleader.com/files/italymap.jpg Three Italian brothers all suffered heart attacks on the same day. Two brothers died, and one lived.
The third brother was already in the hospital visiting his elderly mother when his heart attack struck, and so he received immediate medical attention.
Guido Garofalo, 45, was the first to pass away while he was out on a family picnic on Sunday on the slopes of Sicily's Mout Etna volcano. His brother Alberto, 53, was so overcome with grief with having seen his brother drop dead that he too suffered cardiac arrest shortly after. Despite of the efforts of first responders on the scene, Alberto also passed away.
The oldest of the brothers, Salvatore, 57, is in stable condition after being treated for a blocked artery at the Garabaldi hospital in Catania, eastern Sicily.
The brothers also have a sister who lives in Rome. She suffers from the same congenital heart disease, and the Corriere della Sera reports that she has not yet been told about the brothers' deaths for fear of the news sparking cardiac arrest in her as well.
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/17902
By Leader Staff (http://www.clevelandleader.com/user/1). Published on 11/29/2011 - 9:27am http://www.clevelandleader.com/files/italymap.jpg Three Italian brothers all suffered heart attacks on the same day. Two brothers died, and one lived.
The third brother was already in the hospital visiting his elderly mother when his heart attack struck, and so he received immediate medical attention.
Guido Garofalo, 45, was the first to pass away while he was out on a family picnic on Sunday on the slopes of Sicily's Mout Etna volcano. His brother Alberto, 53, was so overcome with grief with having seen his brother drop dead that he too suffered cardiac arrest shortly after. Despite of the efforts of first responders on the scene, Alberto also passed away.
The oldest of the brothers, Salvatore, 57, is in stable condition after being treated for a blocked artery at the Garabaldi hospital in Catania, eastern Sicily.
The brothers also have a sister who lives in Rome. She suffers from the same congenital heart disease, and the Corriere della Sera reports that she has not yet been told about the brothers' deaths for fear of the news sparking cardiac arrest in her as well.
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/17902