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Everyone that wants to get tested, it's better to be proactive than reactive. and this situation could have been avoided if the testing was -- >> and you hit on something there a moment ago. how difficult would it be for a young person -- even a great athlete, possibly even a college athlete that's got a good possible career ahead of them to give up the game because of a possibility of a heart issue. that's a tough sell. >> oh, that is. that's a very tough choice. and hank gathers' situation -- hank's passion for the game, you know, hank took a risk. but that was a risk that, you know, when yo...

Is it not? >> well, every state mandates you go through an evaluation before playing a sport and in that evaluation there are specific questions supposed to pick up for the screening tools for sudden cardiac death and the conditions such as these. that coupled with the physical examination and listen for murmurs or abnormal heart sounds is the way we've been doing this we to answer your question some advocate ekgs, as well. >> would that have detected this kind of condition? >> most likely it would have detected this condition. yes. there are a lot of variables in terms of things to look for i...

>> bill: there is one rule for all tv reporters to follow. never involve drunken people in a live shot. especially guys wearing kilts. check 5. as you may know california is a big surfing state. and the waves were naturally over the weekend. a 50-foot swell swept up spectators and knocked over scaffolding. 13 people were hurt. in fact, the safest place to be during that was on a surf board. finally check 6, congratulations to jamie colby who has coauthored a book with her husband who had quadruple bypass. the book is called back to life after a heart crisis might want to check it out if heart ...

>> bill: there is one rule for all tv reporters to follow. never involve drunken people in a live shot. especially guys wearing kilts. check 5. as you may know california is a big surfing state. and the waves were naturally over the weekend. a 50-foot swell swept up spectators and knocked over scaffolding. 13 people were hurt. in fact, the safest place to be during that was on a surf board. finally check 6, congratulations to jamie colby who has coauthored a book with her husband who had quadruple bypass. the book is called back to life after a heart crisis might want to check it out if heart ...

>> bill: there is one rule for all tv reporters to follow. never involve drunken people in a live shot. especially guys wearing kilts. check 5. as you may know california is a big surfing state. and the waves were naturally over the weekend. a 50-foot swell swept up spectators and knocked over scaffolding. 13 people were hurt. in fact, the safest place to be during that was on a surf board. finally check 6, congratulations to jamie colby who has coauthored a book with her husband who had quadruple bypass. the book is called back to life after a heart crisis might want to check it out if heart ...