skin felt clammy, she was nauseated.f it comes on suddenly, seems to be a red flag. how do you know when it's serious enough to call 911? a lot of people think that's a big step to simply make that phone call. >> i think there is such a thing as women's intuition. really when i talk to my patients and like rosie said, she had a feeling it was her heart. if you really have a sense that you cannot breathe, that the pain is getting worse, i would rather you call and be wrong than not call and have a heart attack. >> let me show you, doctor, how that exact issue played out in that short film. take a look. >> okay. 911. [ ringing ] >> hi, sorry to bother you. i think i might be having a little heart attack. nothing early, just nausea, tightening of the jaw, dizziness, titleness of breath, muscle pain, achiness, terrible pressure in my chest. really? they can be here in how long? two minutes? can you make it ten? >> she literally started that with, sorry to bother you, as she's calling 911. almost fear of embarrassment. does t

going to feel clammy. saturday afternoon piles in the area. clammy feeling.aybe a lingering sprinkle and lingering thunder shower off to the east. 80 degrees. 68 in san bruno. five day forecast bay area weekend in view. here's the good news. that moisture is coming on shore. the convection component doesn't seem to be an issue. hopefully it will be this gray light shower activity. tracking it and watching it. >> we've been talking the last thing we need here is thunder storms. thanks. >>> a new trampoline park opened today and kids were quick to jump into action. opened in san carlos and celebrated by giving back a little. a portion of today's sales will bounce over to a bay area charity. jumpers had the chance to vote from a list of organizations and the proceeds will end up going to the charity >>> home town hero provided bay area fans up close look. gold medallist appeared at a fitness club. the 19-year-old was a key component in delivering the water polo team first ever gold medal in london. entering as a freshman next month. >> fred for our sports direct

. >> reporter: one morning four years ago, nancy was overcome with exhaustion, clammy sweat, nausea and unusual chest pain. >> i remember laying there thinking, it's a mistake, they made a mistake. this can't be me. i'm not the person that has a heart attack. >> reporter: 200,000 american women die from heart attacks every year. and an additional 42 million women live with heart disease, many unaware of the threat they face. >> the common myth is that heart disease and heart attacks occur only in men. and the truth is, in every year since 1984, more american women than men have died of heart disease. >> reporter: just like rosie o'donnell, nancy suffered a complete blockage of one of the main arteries in her heart, the type of heart attack, commonly called the widow maker. >> even that name implies this is a man's disease, a widow maker heart attack. >> reporter: but it isn't. and knowing how men's and women's symptoms can differ can save a woman's life. crushing chest pain is a well known symptom, as are sweating, anxiety and irregular heartbeat. but for women, it can be pain in the ja

she felt clammy and she googled heart attacks in women and then took an aspirin because she saw it oncial. the next day, her ekg showed a 99% blockage. >>> right now, a champion is battling her way through rough waters. diana nyad, the old swimming legend, 62, not so old. more than halfway to history. the 103 miles from cuba to the united states. without a shark cage to protect her. a sudden squall blew her off course and straight into a field of jellyfish. they stung her lips, her hands, her neck. here's what she's up against. 85-degree water is the temperature, but she has to do 50 strokes a minute. for the first 30 hours she swam against the current. and she stops to drink water every 45 minutes. peanut butter every hour and a half. but no sleep. not even a wink of sleep. she said she's singing classics like "me and bobby mcgee." ♪ good enough for me and me and my bobby mcgee ♪ >> and we're betting she's going to sing her way to key west on wednesday, just in time for her 63rd birthday. >>> and coming up here, how one woman turned jokes at a laundromat to a ground breaking career.

she felt clammy and nauseated.s going on but she did decide tyke an aspirin. that's something she learned about at some point. she didn't call 911 and she repri manded herself. the next morning she goes into the doctor's office and gets an ekg and they discovered she probably had a heart attack. they look at the blood vessels around the heart. >> how serious was it? >> it was potentially very serious that they found one of the major blood vessels that supplies blood to the heart was 99% blocked. they typically call this, this speaks to the gender issue, they call this the widow maker because it would cause people to become widowed very quickly. she had a stint placed. they open the blood vessel and place a stint to hold it open. when someone says they had a heart attack there was some loss of heart tissue but it wasn't significant to the point she had to be further hospitalized. >> explain why she didn't exhibit symptoms that you think of. you're grabbing your chest and this sort of thing. >> i'll preface by saying

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developed clamminess of skin. felt a little lethargy. you know, sort of vague things.ot things people typically associate with having a heart attack. i think that was some of the confusion for her. >> i hadn't realized more women actually die of heart disease than men. and yet the symptoms for women are very different or can be very different than they are for men. >> yeah. first of all, the stat is absolutely right. more women die of heart disease than men. women oftentimes get to the hospital later because they themselves don't recognize the symptoms. so they come, you know, as things have already progressed more and therefore they're less likely to survive. but the symptoms can be different. i'll preface by saying this, anderson. you and i have talked about this. symptoms can be variable in men and women alike. if you're at rit risk of heart disease, worried about a heart attack and you have a sudden development of new symptoms, this is something you should worry about. men have a crushing chest pain. women, shortness of breath, nausea, jaw pain, back pain. again, a

the words that come up about you is odd, clammy, probably serbian. >> that's old. >> he looks like theocity gnome. >> what? >> if you do want to help this district the first thing you have to do, marty, is win. >> i do want to help the district. i love my home. it is just -- it all happened so fast. >> i think cam brady can be beaten. but i don't believe you believe that. you know what, i'm going to call your dad and tell him you don't have the rocks for this. >> you put your phone away, mr. wattly. this may be hard for you to believe, but this dog has a ton of fight in him. a ton of fight. when i get a scent, i hunt, brother. i hunt all day long. >> see, you have this guy, sort of effeminate, soft-spoken, and this political consultant turns him into some wild man, some macho man from the right wing. >> yeah, his ego gets the best of him. i think that's what happens sometimes in politics. they get pulled from obscurity and they are like, you want to be vice president? okay, yeah, i can do that. but they're not qualified. >> what would george w. think about this? >> he'd probably -- he'

to feel clammy.l signs that rosie o'donnell is begging women to pay attention to. >> we're happy she's okay right now. close call indeed. elizabeth, thanks very much. >>> stunning revelations that republican congressmen on a trip to israel were scolded after one of them went skinning dipping in the sea of galilee. and the autopsy report is just out on the young man who memphis police say shot himself in the head while handcuffed in a patrol car. will the medical examiner support the police recreation . >>> there is a new development in a controversial shooting death last month. although travis carter was handcuffed in the backseat of a cruiser, the crime lab says he shot himself. george, what does the autopsy report now say? >> wolf, i want to read this line directly from the report that says for the medical examiner, at the time of the discharge, the muzzle of the gun was placed against the right temporal scalp. the shooting ruled a suicide. and this goes along with what investigators have said that

then, became nauseous, felt hot and had clammy skin. >> women have subtle symptoms, like dizziness, light-headednessattack, o'donnell wrote. i googled women's heart attack symptoms. i had many of them. but i thought nah. >> if you notice something different, that's the time to get medical attention. >> reporter: o'donnell didn't seek medical attention right away. instead of calling 911, she took that aspirin and waited inle the next day to see a cardiologist. that is when she learned her coronary artery was 99% blocked. doctors then inserted a stent. it's been a tough year for o'donnell. earlier this month, she announced her fiancee was diagnosed with a rare disease. and in march, the rosie show, she hosted on the oprah winfrey network, was canceled. the junk food junkie is now giving out medical advice on the internet. know the symptoms, ladies, she writes. listen to the voice inside, the one we all so easily ignore. call 911. save yourself. for "good morning america," linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> so glad she did the right thing. we have a lot more health tips on our website at goodmorninga

. >> reporter: one more four years ago, nancy was overcome with exhaustion, clammy sweat, nausea and unusual chest pains. >> i remember laying there, thinking it's a mistake, i think they made a mistake. this can't be me. i'm not the person who has a heart attack. [ sirens ] >> reporter: 200,000 american women die from heart attacks every year, and an additional 42 million women live with heart disease, many unaware of the threat they face. >> the common myth is that heart disease and heart attacks occur only in men. and the truth is, in every year since 1984, more american women than men have died of heart disease. >> reporter: just like rosie o'donnell, nancy suffered a complete blockage of one of the main arteries in her heart, the type of heart attack commonly called the widow-maker. >> even that name implies this is a man's disease, a widow-maker heart attack. >> reporter: but it isn't, and knowing how men's and women's symptoms differ can save a woman's life. crushing chest pain is a well-known symptom, as are sweating, anxiety and irregular heartbeat. but for women, it can be