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“I’m Alive Because of Them” Mets Fan Speaks After Scary Citi Field Collapse | The Carton Show with Chris McMonigle

WFAN Daily

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Sports

3.8794 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

The story comes full circle. After a shocking medical emergency during Mets Opening Day at Citi Field, the fan at the center of it all joins Craig Carton and Chris McMonigle live on WFAN.


Martin shares what he remembers from the moment he collapsed, reveals it was NOT a heart attack, and delivers an emotional thank you to the Good Samaritans, ER doctor, and first responders who rushed to save him.


From chaos in the stands to walking out of the hospital the same night — this is an incredible, feel-good New York story you don’t want to miss.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So we have the guy who had the medical emergency was not a heart attack, but he is on the line right now. The gentleman whose life was saved? That is correct. Oh, fantastic. All right. So everyone, this is Martin. Martin, you're on WFN with Craig Cardin and Chris McMonagall. It's a Carton show. Thank you so much for joining us. First and foremost, how are you feeling today?

0:22.7

I'm doing great. It wasn't a heart attack. It was just my blood pressure. Okay.

0:27.3

Went low and I passed out and a lot of people got up to help me. So the ER doctor, who was

0:35.2

kind of orchestrating the help, said at one point, your shade of

0:40.2

your tone did start changing as if you weren't getting any oxygen, which is why they did

0:45.4

think you were having a heart attack.

0:47.0

But you're saying, F, you've been checked out by doctors that they're saying it was not a heart

0:51.8

attack?

0:52.8

No heart attack, no.

0:54.1

Well, that's great. That's great. And so... Really good. And I got to straighten something out. Sure. My friend who was with me says, people must be saying, what kind of wife is that that stays at the game when her husband has taken out in a stretcher. So it wasn't my wife. It was a friend.

1:12.5

Got it. Okay. I don't remember saying that she stayed there. Because they, as they were taking

1:16.4

him up the steps, the question was, is that the woman that he was with, she was not right behind

1:22.4

walking up the steps. So people were suggesting maybe she just stayed and watched. So can you walk me?

1:28.4

No, she went back to the seat to watch the games, but it wasn't a kiss camera deal.

1:33.0

I was supposed to be there.

1:34.2

God, that's all good.

1:35.1

So walk me through as best you can remember, because at one point you obviously blocked out,

1:41.5

walk us through what you remember that happened to you at the game.

1:47.2

Well, I don't remember that well.

1:49.4

It's just the game had started.

1:53.4

Somebody hit a home run for Pittsburgh.

1:56.4

That wasn't what did it.

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