Apparently this video was around for a bit beforehand, but I wish I had seen it beforehand. No way he was living that unless he fell right onto an operating table. RIP Charlie Kirk.
Yes, he was dead about 10 seconds after that shot landed. He may have had a heartbeat when he got to the hospital, but that shot hit a major artery, likely the ascending aorta.
Aorta is still in the chest below the throat and between the lungs, by the time you're in the neck that's the left common carotid artery which is one of the two direct lines to the brain along with the right common carotid. Cut those and someone dies very quickly, it's why choke/strangleholds work so quickly when they cut off those very lines of bloodflow.
There's plenty of stuff to hit in the neck. If you're an assassin and could pick any bodypart to take out for a quick kill, neck is definitely number 2.
It's sometimes called a triangle of death, and for good reason. Something happens there it's not going to turn out well, just as is the case with similarly named regions like the groin which has the femoral vein, artery, and nerve.
Apparently this video was around for a bit beforehand, but I wish I had seen it beforehand. No way he was living that unless he fell right onto an operating table. RIP Charlie Kirk.
Yes, he was dead about 10 seconds after that shot landed. He may have had a heartbeat when he got to the hospital, but that shot hit a major artery, likely the ascending aorta.
Aorta is still in the chest below the throat and between the lungs, by the time you're in the neck that's the left common carotid artery which is one of the two direct lines to the brain along with the right common carotid. Cut those and someone dies very quickly, it's why choke/strangleholds work so quickly when they cut off those very lines of bloodflow.
I think that's too high up for the ascending aorta. But definitely hit something important.
There's plenty of stuff to hit in the neck. If you're an assassin and could pick any bodypart to take out for a quick kill, neck is definitely number 2.
It's sometimes called a triangle of death, and for good reason. Something happens there it's not going to turn out well, just as is the case with similarly named regions like the groin which has the femoral vein, artery, and nerve.
What else even has that much blood in it? He lost a quart before he hit the ground.
I suspect that it was miscommunication.
OP is right, he probably wouldn't have made it even if he was in an OR.