Fortunately, the Fort Orange Club was one of those places where half the clientele raised their hands high when one shouted, “Is there a doctor in the house?” Turned out a thirty-something cardiologist heard our calls for help before anyone else. He bounded up the stairs two at a time and immediately began mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and other life-saving procedures, like rapid fire compressions on O’Connell’s sternum using both his hands.
In the end, O’Connell came around, but he was groggy and in pain. EMTs arrived and carted the lawyer off to the Albany Medical Center emergency room where he was immediately tested for cardiac arrest. Surprise of surprises, he didn’t suffer a heart attack so much as he endured a doozy of an anxiety attack. It was also discovered that O’Connell liked h
