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What were the medical emergencies that caused three deaths at the Capitol on Jan 6?

Asked by JLeslie (65745points) January 11th, 2021

How were they related to the riots? Were they in the building?

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YARNLADY's avatar

I read one person accidentally tasered himself to death. He had tucked a taser in his belt as he climbed through a window and it fell into his pants. Another died of a heart attack. The third was a known drug addict. so probably an overdose.

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Dutchess_III's avatar

^^^ Fake news. He had heart issues and speculation is he had a heart attack.
Looking for confirmation.

Here.

jca2's avatar

My friend who was there told me they had heart attacks from the tear gas.

JLeslie's avatar

@jca2 Interesting. I tried to google and I didn’t easily find information. A Trump friend of mine, she’s a friend in real life, but she posted it on Facebook, was saying that the liberals were counting deaths that had nothing to do with the invasion of the Capitol building, and I also had been curious about what the medical emergencies were.

I figured maybe it was heart attacks from the stress of the situation, or someone unable to get to their medication. Three seemed like a lot.

To me a medical emergency during the invasion in the building counts, whether it be brought on by the situation, or a random emergency that can’t be tended to because EMS can’t get through fast enough, etc.

RocketGuy's avatar

In a NYT interview, the taser guy’s wife said he had high blood pressure and did not carry a taser. May or may not be biased, but we can give them the benefit of the doubt.

Rioting is kind of an exciting activity, so poor cardiac health makes it risky.

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