My Co-worked Died Suddenly Yesterday

dvarapala · 03-01-2024, 12:19pm

A guy I've worked with for the last 16 years died suddenly yesterday morning. He emailed us earlier in the morning, saying he was taking PTO because he wasn't feeling well and was going to see the doctor. A few hours later we got the call that he had passed away from some sort of cardiac event.

Don't know for sure if he was vaxxed but the odds are pretty high that he was...

Onebadcad · 03-01-2024, 12:24pm

Sorry to hear

The vax has killed more people than all the wars, floods, earthquakes, hurrincanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, lightning strikes, flatulence, etc... combined!!

Torqaholic · 03-01-2024, 12:25pm

It happens. When I worked at a lumber mill there was a guy who used to carry our blades to another building for sharpening. One day he didn't make it. Fell flat on his face on the driveway between the two buildings. Not sure if any blades were damaged

Aerovette · 03-01-2024, 12:26pm

Fauci and company should be hanged in public.

Vandelay Industries · 03-01-2024, 12:39pm

Damn.

How old was he?

Yadkin · 03-01-2024, 1:19pm

I worked with a guy who was a surveyor. One cloudless winter day, about 20F, no wind. He took a break, sat on the ground, looked up at the sky, his heart stopped and died. He was 60.

I often think of him, knowing that he died peacefully, outside, breathing clean, fresh air, doing what he loved.

Onebadcad · 03-01-2024, 1:33pm

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Originally Posted by Yadkin

I worked with a guy who was a surveyor. One cloudless winter day, about 20F, no wind. He took a break, sat on the ground, looked up at the sky, his heart stopped and died. He was 60.

I often think of him, knowing that he died peacefully, outside, breathing clean, fresh air, doing what he loved.

How many jabs did he get??

dvarapala · 03-01-2024, 2:24pm

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Originally Posted by Vandelay Industries

Damn.

How old was he?

Not sure, but he wasn't quite old enough to retire, so I guesstimate early 60s.

GrandSportC3 · 03-01-2024, 2:30pm

Sorry to hear.. I've been 19 years with the same company and many co-workers passed away while I've been working here.. One of them died in his sleep and he was only in his 40's.. Some kind of cardiac event.. Others had a stroke (and survived) but died years later..

VITE1 · 03-01-2024, 2:40pm

Years ago I worked at a Major Electronic distribution company. One of our product managers died in the main office of a heart attack.

The company offered to give free class on CPR and heart attack first aid, which i took.

Two years later they announced they would not cover lability for you if you did this due to insurance costs ( too many assholes suing people who tried and failed to save heart attack victims in NYS) .

I kept certified but had my name removed for the list of in house first aid givers.

Left NYS a few years later.

CarGoBRRRRR · 03-01-2024, 2:46pm

Whether he was vaccinated or not, it's a sad situation all around. Take some time to process and lean on your colleagues for support if you need it.

MadInNc · 03-01-2024, 2:56pm

Good customer went to a state wide showcase with other customers at event. Marv had a good time on opening night. Went to sleep and they had to kick hotel door down. Also had a co worker while planning to take his family and three girls on a cruise, took a shower to leave for the week and also passed away in shower. Both cardiac. Both life changing for me.

All pre jab. Shit happens The big guy knows when, nobody else

2manycars · 03-01-2024, 3:32pm

My last job was as an electrical tech for a petroleum pipeline outfit. The last important task I did was to put together a small controller to monitor alarms on a section of pipe going through a railroad tunnel in Brooklyn. Nasty spooky place - nasty enough that murder scenes for Law and Order show were filmed there. Got that up and running mid October that year. I was retiring Jan 3. I said no more New York for me. No more highly dangerous jobs. I'm taking it easy for the duration. I've heard too many stories about guys taking on a nasty job right before leaving, and getting killed. That's not going to be me. Get over it. I'll stay right in the yard here, and handle simpler things until I go. My two coworkers pissed and moaned a bit but I didn't care.

zsr22 · 03-01-2024, 3:40pm

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Originally Posted by Aerovette

Fauci and company should be hanged in public.

The Vax Mafia can all burn in Hell.

With that said, I feel bad for the regular people who are suffering from vax complications when all they wanted to do was keep themselves and others around them safe.

OnPoint · 03-01-2024, 3:44pm

That sucks.

Aerovette · 03-01-2024, 3:49pm

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Originally Posted by zsr22

The Vax Mafia can all burn in Hell.

With that said, I feel bad for the regular people who are suffering from vax complications when all they wanted to do was keep themselves and others around them safe.

...and keep their jobs.