"He knew he was stable when the ambulance stopped at the tunnel to let his mother ride to the hospital with him."
I think that was either a bad take, or Monday morning quarterbacking (no pun intended).
Hamlin suffered a *second* heart attack at the hospital, so I think it's a huge stretch to say he was "stable" when the ambulance let his mother into the vehicle. I could plausibly argue that they let her into the vehicle so that she would be by his side when he died (that is, that they expected him to die or it was at least a very real possibility at that point in time, so let mom in to say goodbye to her son).
I think McCullough is making this one up to make himself sound good, to sound like the outlier who knew all along how it would turn out.
"He knew he was stable when the ambulance stopped at the tunnel to let his mother ride to the hospital with him."
I think that was either a bad take, or Monday morning quarterbacking (no pun intended).
Hamlin suffered a *second* heart attack at the hospital, so I think it's a huge stretch to say he was "stable" when the ambulance let his mother into the vehicle. I could plausibly argue that they let her into the vehicle so that she would be by his side when he died (that is, that they expected him to die or it was at least a very real possibility at that point in time, so let mom in to say goodbye to her son).
I think McCullough is making this one up to make himself sound good, to sound like the outlier who knew all along how it would turn out.