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When [[Owen Hart]] was to challenge [[The Godfather (wrestler)|The Godfather]] for the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]], he was performing as the Blue Blazer.<ref name="OTE Facts"/> The [[Professional wrestling#Character gimmicks|character]], originally used by Hart in the late 1980s, had recently been revived as a superhero [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Gimmick|gimmick]] that parodied various wrestlers.<ref name=Bio/> At Over the Edge, Hart was to emulate [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]] wrestler [[Steve Borden|Sting]]'s ring entrance by descending from the arena rafters in a suspended harness, stopping a few feet above the floor, at which point the suspension mechanism would "malfunction" and drop him unceremoniously onto the ring.<ref name=OHDeath>{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.ca/OwenHart/may25_baines.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101001858/http://www.canoe.ca/OwenHart/may25_baines.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 1, 2013|access-date=2008-01-11|title=Owen Hart's death rocks wrestling world|author=Ottawa Sun|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|work=Slam! Wrestling}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/1999/06/28/wwf/|access-date=2008-12-09|title=Courtroom cage match!|last=Boehlert|first=Eric|publisher=Salon Media Group|work=[[Salon.com]]|date=1999-06-29}}</ref> The entrance was successfully tested on the November 15, 1998 episode of ''[[WWE Heat|Sunday Night Heat]]'' (that year's [[Survivor Series (1998)|Survivor Series]] pre-show) using a different harness configuration;<ref>{{cite episode|title=WWF Sunday night Heat: November 16, 1998 (#16)|series=WWF Sunday Night Heat|series-link=WWE Heat|credits=WWF Employees|network=[[USA Network]]|date=1998-11-15|season=1|number=16}}</ref> however, during his descent at Over the Edge, a cable disengaged from the safety vest he wore, and he fell more than {{convert|70|ft}} from the rafters into the ring. As he fell, he landed chest-first on the top rope.<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/owen-hart-9542223|access-date=2008-01-11|title=Owen Hart Biography|publisher=Biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024100711/http://www.biography.com/people/owen-hart-9542223|archive-date=2011-10-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The accident was not seen by television viewers. A pre-recorded promo and interview video was shown at the start of Hart's descent, and when the broadcast returned live, the cameras quickly turned away from the ring to the audience. Soon afterward, [[Jim Ross]], one of the commentators of the event, informed pay-per-view viewers that Hart had fallen from the rafters, that the incident was "not a part of the entertainment" and that it was "a real situation".<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9905/24/wrestler.dies.05/|access-date=2008-05-17|title=Wrestling tour goes on after Owen Hart's death|publisher=CNN|date=1999-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524160840/http://www.cnn.com/US/9905/24/wrestler.dies.05/|archive-date=May 24, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ross's broadcast partner [[Jerry Lawler]] immediately ran to the ring to check on Hart and was visibly shaken when he returned to the announcer table on air, saying "it doesn't look good at all."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/news/46628/Jerry-Lawler-Reveals-The-Moment-He-Knew-Owen-Hart/ | title=Jerry Lawler Reveals the Moment He Knew Owen Hart Had Died | date=24 May 2017 }}</ref> At the same time, Spanish-language commentator [[Carlos Cabrera]] was [[language interpretation|interpreting]] the Blue Blazer promo, but began shouting "Oh, no!" repeatedly upon Hart's fall
At 7:59 p.m. [[Central standard time|Central Standard Time]], Hart arrived at Truman Medical Center. His [[Glasgow Coma Scale]], a system used to measure neurological function, was listed at a 3/15. Three is the lowest possible score, meaning eye, verbal and motor function each received a score of one. A GCS of three refers to imminent death or that death has already occurred.<ref name=":0" /> The initial reading from the cardiac monitor indicated he was in [[asystole]], meaning that he had no detectable heart activity at all. However, seconds later, there were signs of [[pulseless electrical activity]],<ref name=":0" /> meaning his heart was not beating but faint electrical activity was still detectable. At this point, nurses began calling out observations on the apparent lifeless body of Hart to doctor Michael Tucker. Hart's skin had turned blue, his lips were colorless and his skin was cold; nurses also reported he had no bowel sounds and his abdomen was soft. Nurses also noted that he had also suffered an apparent open fracture above his left elbow and a cut below,<ref name=":0" /> but these wounds were of little concern to the medical staff at the moment. Nonetheless, the medical staff still persisted and pumped Hart's unresponsive body with [[epinephrine]] in an attempt to stimulate his heart.<ref name=":0" /> Still, no pulse was detected, even though his heart still showed signs of slight electrical activity. Outside in the waiting room, former wrestler [[Harley Race]] awaited word on Hart. He was joined by [[Jeff Jarrett]], who participated earlier that night in the event. By the end of the night{{vague|date=February 2024}}, a variety of concerned wrestlers who numbered close to two dozen had arrived to get information on Hart's condition.<ref name=":0" /> At 8:07 a final dose of epinephrine and [[atropine]] went into Hart's right [[femoral line]]. After four minutes, he was still unresponsive. CPR was performed in the final few minutes of his life but the doctors determined that all resuscitation efforts were futile. Thirteen minutes after arriving at the medical center, 33 minutes after the fall, all work on Hart was stopped. At 8:12 p.m., Hart was pronounced dead at the age of 34.<ref name=":0" /> The cause of death was later revealed to be internal bleeding from blunt force trauma to the chest. The impact of Hart landing chest-first on the top rope severed his aorta, resulting in Hart bleeding to death internally just minutes later.
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