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Here’s a little horror story that is true . . .

A close relative supervised a major metropolitan hospital’s cardiac rehab facility. Early in her career, she was working with one patient in the cardiac care center and another patient was having a heart attack (or something) across the hall. The emergency people were working to revive this man and he came back for a moment screaming loud enough to be heard across the hall “Don’t let me die - they’re waiting for me!” He expired again and was revived again. His screams of horror were all about somebody or something waiting for him on the other side. Three times he flatlined and came back. The last time whoever it was got him for good.

Maybe Hugo didn’t wanna go because he had company, too?

Interesting. It reminds ME of a story of my own. There's this great little book, 900 Last Words before Dying on the purported last words of famous people. Frank Sinatra was reported as his last words to be, I'm losing, I'm losing.... The story you mentioned reminded me of a story in the book where the priest was administering the last right to the philosopher of the French Revolution, Voltaire. Priest:I call upon you to renounce Satan. Voltaire:Come,come. Now is NOT he time to be making enemies.

A close relative supervised a major metropolitan hospital’s cardiac rehab facility. Early in her career, she was working with one patient in the cardiac care center and another patient was having a heart attack (or something) across the hall. The emergency people were working to revive this man and he came back for a moment screaming loud enough to be heard across the hall “Don’t let me die - they’re waiting for me!” He expired again and was revived again. His screams of horror were all about somebody or something waiting for him on the other side. Three times he flatlined and came back. The last time whoever it was got him for good.

I don't want to sidetrack this conversation, but I had the same feeling about Chavez and his last words. He knew, or sensed, what was coming. Years ago I was a member at a church that had several EMT's and Parmedics in the congregation. One of them was still haunted by the screams and look of terror on the face of an accident victim, as they died in the ambulance. She had no doubt they'd seen what was coming. Brrrrr.