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LAST SEPTEMBER 20 TWINS
GREAT AND BASEBALL HALL OF
FAMER ROD CAREW SUFFERED A
DEVASTATING HEART ATTACK.
IN THE MONTH'S AUNTS THEY HAVE
TEAMED UP TO RAISE FUNDS AND
AWARENESS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE.
THE HEART OF 29 CAMPAIGN HAS
ALREADY RAISED $21 MILLION.
IT PROMISES TO BE EMOTIONAL.
A PATIENT AWAITING A HEART
TRANSPLANT WILL THROW OUT THE
FIRST PITCH.
JOINING ME TO SPEAK ABOUT IT IS
LAURA GRANT FROM THE TWIN
CITIES HEART WALK.
Reporter: YOU HAVE ALREADY
RAISED $1 MILLION AND THIS WALK
IS NOT UNTIL MAY 14.
WE HAVE A GOAL OF RAISING $3
MILLION.
WE'VE ALREADY RAISED $1 MILLION.
HAVE PEOPLE COMING OUT AND
SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION AND THE LOVES OF
THEIR LIVES.
HE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THESE
ARE MEN WHO ARE CERTAINLY PAST
50 OR 60 BUT ARE IN GREAT SHAPE.
WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE BE AWARE OF?
PEOPLE SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH
THEIR DOCTORS ON A REGULAR
BASIS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR HEART
NEEDS.
SHORTNESS OF BREATH -- BREATH
DIZZINESS CHEST DISCOMFORT
NAUSEA OR COLD SWEATS ARE
DEFINITELY WARNING SIGNS.
IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THOSE
CALL 911 AND SEEK MEDICAL
ATTENTION.
PEOPLE CAN REGISTER FOR THIS ARTWORK.
YOU ARE SELLING -- HEART WALK.
YOU ARE SELLING THIS REALLY
COOL T-SHIRT HERE.
IT'S THE HEART OF 29. WE ALSO
HAVE GREAT PICTURE AT SPRING
TRAINING WITH ROD CAREW AND
TORI HUNTER AS WELL AS HAWKINS
AND THE COACH.
IF YOU FANS ONE AS HE SHOULD
LIKE THEM IT IS A GREAT ONE TO
GET.
-- IF YOU FANS WANT A T-SHIRT
LIKE THAT IT'S A GREAT ONE TO
GET.
AT THE HOME OPENER TOMORROW WE
WILL BE UP TO SEE ROD CAREW
THROW OUT THE FIRST PITCH.
PEOPLE ALWAYS -- ALSO GET THIS HOODIE.
WHAT KINDS OF ENTHUSIASM HAS
ROADS PARTICIPATION ENGENDERED
HERE.
IT HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING.
ROD SEVERS HIS HEART INCIDENT
THIS PAST SEPTEMBER AND HE AND
HIS WIFE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
POWERFUL WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN THEIR LIVES.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
MINNESOTA TWINS THEY WANTED TO
RAISE AWARENESS AROUND HEART
ATTACK AND HEART FAILURE AND
ENCOURAGE THE LOVING FANS TO
CHECK WITH THEIR DOCTORS AND
FOLLOW THEIR DOCTORS
INSTRUCTIONS AND SUPPORT THE
WORK OF THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION.
THE TWINS HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED
WITH THIS IN THE BAY -- AND A
BIG WAY.
ROD WILL BE OUT HEART WALK ON
MAY 14 AND FANS CAN JOIN HIS
TEAM AND MAKE A DONATION.
YOU CAN JOIN HIS TEAM OR
FORM YOUR OWN TEAM AND YOU
THINK YOU'VE GOTTEN MORE
RESPONSE BECAUSE OF YOUR --
BECAUSE OF HIS PARTICIPATION?
FANS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
THAT HAD FOLLOWED THE CAREER
FOR YEARS AND YEARS WHO LOVE
HIM AND ARE CHEERING HIM ON
LEARNING ABOUT THEIR OWN HEALTH
BECAUSE HE HAS ASKED THEM TO DO
SO.
HE HAS ASKED THEM TO GET
ENGAGED IN THEIR HEALTH.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THE T-SHIRTS AND EXCITED TO
MAKE DONATIONS IN HIS HONOR
BECAUSE THEY HAVE SEEN WHAT