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NBC NEW YORK PROFILES WWE HALL OF FAMER JOHNNY RODZ AND HOW LUCKY HE IS TO STILL BE ALIVE

NBC New York profiled WWE Hall of Famer and trainer Johnny Rodz and how lucky he is to still be alive after suffering a silent heart attack at this link.

Rodriguez was visiting an Ohio rest stop during a family road trip when, without warning, he found himself gasping for air.

"All of a sudden, I got this feeling about breathing that - wow - I could not breathe," Rodriguez told NBC New York.

Rodz, now 81 later learned he was suffering from silent ischemia.    He underwent a triple bypass surgery several years back and is still training talents at his world famous school in Brooklyn, NY, which developed Taz, Tommy Dreamer, D-Von Dudley, Matt Striker and many others

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