Dr. William Hammesfahr, a world-reknowned neurologist wrote a complete
report regarding Terri Schindler Schiavo dated September 12, 2002. The
report reveals that medical tests conducted after Terri's collapse did
not show evidence of a heart attack:

In the Emergency Room, a possible diagnosis of heart attack was briefly
entertained, but then dismissed after blood chemistries and serial
EKG's did not show evidence of a heart attack.

(Quote source: Complete Report of Dr. William Hammesfahr)
http://libertytothecaptives.net/hammesfahr_dr._report.html

Two months after this report was written, Schindler family attorney Pat
Anderson still did not refute the widespread myths that Terri had a
heart attack and/or suffered cardiac arrest. Pat Anderson said:

"I've never been satisfied with any explanation of her collapse,"
Anderson told WND. "It has all been loosey-goosey. The theory was that
she was bulimic (because her potassium level was low) and that caused
cardiac arrhythmia, which led to the cardiac arrest" she continued.

(Quote source: Nov. 14, 2002 Emergency Motion in right-to-die Case

This would have been an opportune time for Pat Anderson to cite Dr.
Hammesfahr's September 12, 2002 report and dispel the "loosey-goosy"
theories promoted by the right-to-kill-Terri proponents, but she did
not. Instead, she repeated Michael Schiavo's "theories," which are
really serving as his alibis. [I am searching for media articles where
Pat is quoted refuting the heart attack and cardiac arrest lies. If I
find them, I will post them here.]

Pamela Hennessy, the official media representative and spokeswoman for
the Schindler family, is not only not refuting the cardiac arrest myth,
she is promoting it:

Terri Schiavo was 26 years of age when she collapsed in the home she
shared with her husband, Michael Schiavo. The precise cause of her
collapse is still not known though she did suffer a cardiac arrest.
(Oct. 4, 2003 The Means to an End)
http://www.terrisfight.org/downloads/meanstoend.html

Pamela is also promoting the heart attack lie via Glenn Beck. Read more
about this in the subheading below called "Terrisfight.org's Media
Darling Promotes the Stopped Heart Myth!"

Cardiac Arrest/Heart Attack Ruled Out

An October 26, 2003 edition of World Net Daily revealed that Dr.
Michael Baden debunked the official version of early events in Terri's
case. Terri did not have a heart attack:

Interviewed on the Fox News Channel, Dr. Michael Baden, co-director of
the Investigative Unit of New York State Police in Albany and former
chief medical examiner for New York City, ruled out potassium imbalance
and a heart attack as factors in Terri's mysterious collapse 13 years
ago - which left her severely incapacitated and unable to speak -
and pointed to head trauma and bone injuries as a more likely cause.

(Quote source: Questions Raised About Terri's Collapse)
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35276

Dr. William Hammesfahr stated in a January 7, 2004 Highway2Health
interview with Ron Panzer that Terri did not have a cardiac arrest or
heart attack:

Dr. Hammesfahr revealed that not only has Terri never had a heart
attack as widely reported in the major media, she also never even had a
cardiac arrest (her heart never stopped)! [She had arrhythmias of the
heart, but not a "stopped heart."] He explained that Terri's injuries
were multiple and showed injury TO her.

He stated that Terri had marked injury to her neck which still exists
today, and that he has only seen a similar injury, with spinal cord
involvement as well as brain injury, in one case where a patient had
been strangled. He stated that Terri had an L-1 injury to her spine,
which he stated is common among persons being thrown against a table,
for example. Excerpt from the Hospice Patients Alliance Newsletter
January 8, 2004 by Ron Panzer [bold emphasis added.]

(Quote source: Ron Panzer's Notes: Interview With Dr. Hammesfahr)
http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/hammesfahr_interview_startling_revelations.h
tml#Ron's%20Panzer's%20notes:%20Dr.%20Hammesfahr

Pamela Hennessy has had time to correct the "cardiac arrest"
misinformation promoted in her article, "The Means to an End," but she
has not done this.

When information is incorrect due to a mistake, it is called
misinformation. When one deliberately dispenses incorrect information,
he has moved over into the arena of disinformation:

Disinformation is an act of misinforming, or deceptively communicating
false knowledge or faulty intelligence. A common disinformation tactic
is to mix truth, half-truths, and lies. (Quote source: Disinformation)

Pamela's sentence, "The precise cause of her collapse is still not
known though she did suffer a cardiac arrest" is followed by a
statement which suggests the  non-existent cardiac arrest caused oxygen
deprivation with a resulting brain injury:

Due to the lack of oxygen to her brain for several minutes, Terri
suffered profound brain damage and has been physically and cognitively
disabled ever since.

(Oct. 4, 2003 The Means to an End)

The cardiac arrest/heart attack lies are Michael Schiavo's best friends
because this disinformation shifts the focus from Terri's
extraordinarily rigid neck (consistent with strangulation and
asphyxiation) to Terri's non-existent heart problems. Medical records
reveal that she did not have a cardiac arrest, but that she did have
arrhythmias of the heart. She also had an "extraordinarily rigid neck,"
a head injury, and several bone fractures which revealed a "history of
trauma."

Asphyxiation can cause lack of oxygen to the brain and is associated
with an extraordinarily rigid neck and neck injury (both confirmed in
Terri's medical records) but was overlooked on terrisfight.org in favor
of the cardiac arrest disinformation. Strangulation and arrhythmias of
the heart can also cause the brain to be deprived of oxygen.

Arrhythmias of the Heart and Defibrillations

Terri had "arrhythmias of the heart" when she was found by the
paramedics in a face down position. According to Dr. Hammesfahr's
complete report, "aggressive resuscitation was performed with 7
defibrillations en route."

Arrhythmias of the heart causes abnormal heart rhythms:

Arrhythmias (or dysrhythmias) are problems that affect the electrical
system of the heart muscle, producing abnormal heart rhythms. They can
cause the heart to pump less effectively.

Defibrillations were performed to restore Terri's normal heart rhythms:

Defibrillation is a process in which an electronic device gives an
electric shock to the heart. This helps reestablish normal contraction
rhythms in a heart having dangerous arrhythmia or in cardiac arrest.

There are many causes for arrhythmias of the heart. Considering that
Terri was healthy at the time she either collapsed or was struck down,
it is positively scandalous that an investigation was not conducted to
determine what caused her to go from a state of health to a state of
serious injury.
See: http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/terri_schiavo_bone_scan.html

Terrisfight.org's Media Darling Promotes the Stopped Heart Myth!

Glenn Beck promoted the "stopped heart" (cardiac arrest) myth in an
October 2002 broadcast. The link to this interview is prominently
displayed on the main page of terrisfight.org even after Dr. William
Hammesfahr refuted this disinformation in his interview with Ron
Panzer!

Pamela Hennessy also posts the link to Glen Beck's October 10, 2002
program (which "happens" to have a slant which aids the other side) on
the Free Republic forum and perhaps elsewhere too.

This program promotes Michael Schiavo's propaganda that Terri had
bulimia which resulted in a near fatal heart attack (Glenn really
described cardiac arrest):

Glen Beck: She was engaged in bulimia so, so HORRIBLY, that she drops
dead of a heart attack. They resuscitate her, but she's never the same.

Glenn Beck continues to further the cardiac arrest propaganda by
linking, with no disclaimer, to mainstream news media that promotes
this disinformation as well. For example, in the Glennbeck.com November
5, 2003 archives, there is a link to a foxnews.com article that repeats
this inaccuarate myth:

Terri Schiavo suffered severe brain damage in 1990 when her heart
temporarily stopped because of a chemical imbalance. Doctors have said
she has no hope for recovery from a vegetative state.

(Terri Schiavo's Parents Excluded From Legal Battle)

It is inexcusable that Pamela is linking to Glenn Beck's
heart-attack/arrest-propaganda broadcast because she knows that Terri's
collapse was not caused by a heart attack:

"It was found that a heart attack did not cause Terri's collapse as
everyone was led to believe. Rather, according to one physician, Terri
may have been a strangulation victim," says Hennessy.

(Quote source: Life News: Terri Schiavo's Life Spared for 30 More Days
June 27, 2003)

The media kit, found at terrisfight.org, debunks the myth that Terri
had a heart attack:

MYTH: Terri's condition was caused by a heart attack.

FACT: Terri was NEVER diagnosed as a heart attack victim when she was
admitted to the Northside Humana emergency room in February 1990. To
this day, her family does not know the true cause of her collapse.
Doctors immediately excluded heart attack as her blood enzymes were not
elevated-typical in all heart attack victims. Terri's toxicology
screen also eliminated any suspicion of drugs.

It is disturbing that Pamela Hennessy promotes Glenn Beck because he is
spouting damage control for Michael Schiavo: the bulimia and heart
attack lies. (See: Glenn Beck Broadcast: Humiliates Terri,  Helps
Michael's Agenda)
http://libertytothecaptives.net/glenn_beck_broadcast_humiliates_terri.html

Furthermore, at this writing, terrisfight.org does not cite or link to
Ron Panzer's important interview with Dr. William Hammesfahr, or cite
Dr. Michael Baden's remarks that refute the heart attack and potassium
imbalance myths. This censorship is inconsistent with the alleged
mission of the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation.

Media Loves the Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attack Myths

The "Terri Schiavo had a heart attack lie" is a fabrication that has
been spread far and wide by the mainstream liberal and alternative
media. This myth, which aids Michael Schiavo, leads the public to
believe that Terri Schiavo collapsed due to natural causes even though
evidence points strongly toward foul play. A Free Republic poster
reported that the television program, On the Record, promoted the heart
attack lie as recently as January 21, 2004:

To: floriduh voter
I watched the interview last night [On the Record with Greta--FoxNews
Channle Jan. 21, 2004] and they are starting to let the truth be known,
however did anyone notice the writing on the bottom of the screen
during the interview that said "Terri collapsed after a heart attack".
We got to get "them" to stop referring to the collapse as a heart
attack. Maybe even if they inserted the word "alleged heart attack"
that may be a bit more tolerable.

38 posted on 01/22/2004 5:25:28 AM PST by lilypad

Note: The Schindlers are busy trying to help Terri and probably do not
have time to monitor the contents of terrisfight.org. These critiques
of content on terrisfight.org are not critical of the Schindlers, but
rather, of the individuals who are using this site to promote
disinformation that "happens" to benefit Michael Schiavo's agenda, or
to suppress information that is damaging to his agenda to kill Terri.
To do this once is too many times. They do this far more than once.

For example, the link to the Larry King Live interview on the new
multimedia page is an hour's worth of bold-faced lies about Terri and
the Schindlers! Why are they promoting this
damage-control-for-Michael-Schiavo television interview on a website
dedicated to saving Terri's life?

Why didn't terrisfight.org link to the interview that refutes the lies
Michael and his lawyer said on the Larry King Live show--which aired
the same night and the same hour on a different channel? Also see: The
Interview That Wasn't

See:  Scientology and Terri Schindler Schiavo: The Death Connection

http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/scientology_and_terri_schindler_schiavo_deat
h_connection.html

Gary and Lisa Ruby

http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/terri_schindler_schiavo_cardiac_arrest_lie.html