Eatonville resident & The Mountain News Publisher Bruce Smith
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Bruce Smith's amazing story was featured in a Wall Street Journal story titled:
"If You're Stricken, Minutes Matter, Yet Many Ignore Signs, Delay Treatment"

"Bruce Smith was out for a walk around midnight on Feb. 26 when he felt 'like a grenade had exploded in my chest.'

He knew he was at risk for heart problems. 'I'm a fat guy, and over the years, I've become more sedentary,' says the 62-year-old journalist in Yelm, Wash., though he had been trying to walk more and eat less lately.

But what went flashed through his mind was: 'What is this? What can I do about it? I don't have any money or any insurance.'

He decided to go to sleep and woke up thinking, 'Thank God, I dodged that bullet'" But an hour later, the pain returned, worse than the night before," quoting the Wall Street Journal.
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Read Smith's story in his own words, in The Mountain News.
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On December 9, 2011, Smith published a story on how a Yelm man healed his heart after an attack titled:
"Profile: Anthony Latoski and his efforts to heal a heart attack with focused thought"
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Klein has known Bruce Smith for many years and features stories periodically from The Mountain News here on this Blog.