born with heart outside of body! fascinating video

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Christopher Wall was born in 1975 with his heart outside his chest. Here is a fascinating video made of his life by the Guinness book of world records folks. He is an adult now. His heart is inside his skin, but not inside his chest, so you can see it beating.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1173059/guinness_world_records_born_with_heart_outside_body/?cd=7511ae1880e4a03a6d960a47bdaedd4500500001762200usa

Amazing.. even though was 1975, never heard of this, thanks for the link!

Wow. Thanks for sharing that.

really amazing

thanks alot

Specializes in CVICU.

Wow, crazy!

Specializes in Med/Surge, Psych, LTC, Home Health.

wow, didn't know Cris Collinsworth had his own show! (Sorry, I'm an old Bengals fan)

That video appears to be about 11 years old. Wonder how the guy is doing now, or if he's even still alive?

Great story! It really makes you appreciate life :yeah:. Thanks for sharing!

Interesting- thanks.

Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg, Peds, ICU, Tele.

That's fascinating, thanks!

That video appears to be about 11 years old. Wonder how the guy is doing now, or if he's even still alive?

The caption under the video was dated March, 2008. It says "In the new 2008 book edition of Guinness it is reported that he is still alive continuing to break the record nearly 10 years after this aired!" So he was alive a year ago. He would be 34 years old now.

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