Originally Posted by: HammurabiI'm pretty sure pulling the barb out wasn't a very smart move.

I don't know many details of the incident, but if the barb only penetrated the ventricles (lower chambers) and he had left it in he might have survived. Simple ventricle injuries can usually be sewn shut, but once you rip them open and open a major channel for blood loss you're pretty well screwed.

that's what i was thinking....but yeah...just a natural reaction to rip it out...and he probably didn't realize it pierced his heart when he was doing it.