Copendenier Henrik Svensmark collapses on Danish TV [2]
A little drama on Danish TV tonight here at the Copenhagen climate talks.
This article was drafted by Steffen Gronemann from the Danish site, Klimakampen.org, [7] who I asked to write up a report on this, given my complete lack of ability to speak Danish.
During a live primetime climate-debate broadcasted on Danish national TV one of the participators, climate-skeptic scientist Henrik Svensmark, [8] had a heart attack.
Bjorn Lomborg was by his side in the tv-studio when the scientist mid-sentence fell ill. THe 41 year old Henrik Svensmark [8] made an awkward spasm/shudder and burst out a strange noise, sounding like a cough.
The other participants in the debate looked baffled and he mumbled:
“It’s my heart,” and fell to the ground and the pacemaker kicked in once more and you could hear him scream. Bjrøn Lomborg yelled “call an ambulance, call an ambulance” and the host and the other participants came over to help the man.
The show was put on hold for 10 minutes and the viewers were informed that Svensmark has a pacemaker, and it went on because his heart rate had slowed down. He was immediately rushed to the hospital and is according to the latest reports his condition is steady now.
My note: thanks for the quick turnaround on the post Steffen! Klimakampen.org [7] is an independent media providing an alternative coverage of the Copenhagen climate clash. We go behind the scenes and are on the streets during the COP15-summit.
Update: here’s the video
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