it was extraordinarily loud. i started doing, you know, hash marks in my notebook. each time that he would make that sucking sound, he was gulping. he was gasping, he was struggling to breathe. >> i eventually counted 240 hash marks. went on and on. and i wondered is someone going to stop this execution. there were two lawyers sitting next to me, and i saw them get up and go out. >> one full hour into the execution, joseph wood was still alive. baish called for the execution to be halted. >> we immediately filed a motion with the federal district court asking the federal judge to stop the execution. >> they got an assistant attorney general on the phone. and he said, he's unconscious. he's not feeling any pain. the judge said, well, do you have an eeg set up to him? well, no, we don't.