Doug Goodwin: A Story With a Heart

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Doug GoodwinA Story With a Heart

• Presentation by Greg Sherman
• October 15, 2002

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Part One Background Information
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Who is Doug Goodwin?

• Doug is a former pro football player who played
  during the late 1960s and who lives in Long
  Island, NY
• His heart began to fail in the mid 1990s
• His heart started to fail for 2 reasons
• Several heart problems including attacks
• He weighed 300 pounds
• This required a heart transplant

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Overcoming Large Odds In Finding a Heart

• There were three reasons why it was hard to find
  Doug a heart
• 1. His weight
• 2. He had type O blood (universal blood)
• 3. Financial costs incurred
• Surgery cost 100,000 in out of pocket expenses
• 30,000 annually for anti-rejection medicine.

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Why Is His Story Important?

• Doug was called at 1 a.m. one night and was told
  a heart for him finally was found after a year of
  waiting
• He was already at the hospital for a kidney
  procedure when the call came.
• His operation was scheduled for the very next day
  at the hospital he was at in New York City.
• Because of several near misses, he almost didnt
  receive his heart
• The scheduled date and time of his surgery?
• 9/11/2001 at 930 a.m.

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Part Two

• 3 a.m. to 845 a.m.
• The trip to pick up Doug Goodwins heart in
  Boston and bring it to New York City

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Overnight Journey for a Heart

• 3 a.m.
• A small plane with two doctors takes off from
  Teterboro, NY.
• Its destination is Boston MA
• That is where a heart is waiting.
• 355 a.m.
• The flight lands at Logan Airport in Boston.
• The doctors arrive at the hospital in Boston a
  short time later.
• Over the next two hours, a series of procedures
  would prep the heart for its journey.

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Overnight Journey for a Heart

• The heart was removed from the brain dead donor.
• It was sealed in a silicon preserve.
• It was packed in a cooler with lots of ice.
• Its shelf life was 4-5 hours.
• The heart was ready to go.
• 630 a.m.
• The procedure finally ends.
• The flight crew left the hospital a short time
  later and headed back to Logan Airport.

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Overnight Journey for a Heart

• 740 a.m.
• After clearing security, the doctors and the
  heart depart Boston.
• At the same time, A. A. 11 and U. A. 175 also
  ready for departure. Destination Los Angeles.
• The plane with the heart comes within 40 feet of
  A. A. 11.
• 750 a.m.
• The doctors flight takes off.

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Overnight Journey for a Heart

• 759 a.m.
• A. A. 11 takes off.
• 814 a.m.
• U. A. 175 takes off.
• 840 a.m.
• Doctors flight lands in Teterboro.
• 843 a.m.
• They begin the drive to NYC hospital.

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Part Three

• 845 a.m. to 1030 a.m.
• All hell breaks loose in NYC as Dougs heart
  tries to make it in time.

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Hell Breaks Loose in NYC

• 846 a.m.
• A.A. 11 slams into North Tower of WTC
• 903 a.m.
• U.A. 175 slams into South Tower of WTC
• 918 a.m.
• Ambulance w/Dougs heart crosses over the G.
  Washington Bridge.
• Bridge closes to traffic at 921 a.m.

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Hell Breaks Loose in NYC

• 930 a.m.
• Heart arrives at hospital
• 935 a.m.
• Surgery begins
• 959 a.m.
• South Tower collapses
• 1028 a.m.
• North Tower collapses
• Surgery lasts almost 5 ½ hours.
• 3 p.m.
• Surgery is over. Early progress looks good.

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Part Four

• After the Surgery

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What Has Happened to Doug Since His Surgery

• Doug is healthy and trying to live a normal life.
• Unfortunately, all is not well for him.
• Both he and his wife are unemployed
• Medical bills are running high
• Insurance covers only 500 of the monthly 3,000
  expenses
• He is over 300,000 in debt

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What Has Happened to Doug Since His Surgery

• There still may be hope for Doug.
• His former team has raised at least 40,000 to
  help him w/expenses
• His son has a good chance of making the NFL
• He may be able to sign a 1 million signing bonus
• This would wipe out Dougs debts

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How close was Doug To Not Receiving His Heart In
Time?

• The biggest reason why he almost didnt make it
  was because the ambulance with his heart crossed
  the GW Bridge 3 minutes before it closed.
• However, there were other factors also.
• Heart could have been held up at Logan.
• Traffic tie up
• Planes crashing a few minutes earlier or
  simultaneously