The Day I Died

by Jay Barbree

In May, 1987, Jay Barbree suffered a heart attack. For nearly five minutes, his body lay silently with no heartbeat or breath, until CPR, heart stimulant drugs, and shock treatment brought him back to life. This is Jay's story of his successful battle back from the dead, and the important, new medical treatment he received under Dr. Onkar Narula.

200 pages, Hardcover

First published November 10, 1990

About the author

Jay Barbree (born 1933) is a correspondent for NBC News, focusing on space travel. Barbree is the only journalist to have covered every manned space mission in the United States, beginning with the first American in space, Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7 in 1961, continuing through to the latest mission, Atlantis's STS-132 mission in May 2010. Barbree has been present for 132 space shuttle launches, and every launch for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo eras. In total, Barbree has been witness to 163 manned space launches.
Barbree is the author or co-author of seven books, including two memoirs.