David Seaman launches heart disease campaign

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Football legend David Seaman and over 200 supporters came together to shine a spotlight on hidden heart conditions and their impact on the nation.  The former England goalkeeper posed in front of a stand at Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park ground which had 180 empty seats in the shape of a heart.  This represented number of lives lost in the UK to coronary heart disease each day – one every eight minutes. Video via SWNS.

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:03 You make your way round to the right.

00:19 Yeah, perfect.

00:20 Just up the end.

00:21 Fantastic.

00:22 Oh, yeah, we're there.

00:23 So what brings you here today?

00:25 Well, I had a heart attack.

00:27 No way.

00:27 Yeah.

00:29 When I had my heart attack at the age of 27,

00:32 I didn't expect it to happen.

00:33 I didn't see it coming.

00:34 I had no symptoms beforehand.

00:37 And then within a couple of hours,

00:39 my whole world just sort of flipped upside down.

00:43 Unfortunately, I had a heart attack about three years ago.

00:46 It was very sudden, out of the blue.

00:49 I went for a 10K run.

00:50 I came home.

00:52 About an hour later, I started feeling really unwell.

00:55 So we're here today to shine a spotlight on heart

00:58 diseases.

00:59 But it looks like we're one seat short.

01:02 David?

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01:05 [APPLAUSE]

01:08 [LAUGHTER]

01:11 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:15 Each day, around 180 people die from coronary heart disease

01:20 in the UK, a heart condition that affects people

01:22 across the country.

01:23 That's 180 lives lost every day.

01:26 180 empty seats.

01:30 I think it is super important that things like today happen.

01:34 I think it's important that people

01:36 know about the symptoms so they can get

01:38 themselves urgent treatment.

01:40 This September, British Heart Foundation

01:42 is shining a spotlight on hidden heart conditions.

01:45 Give your stories, give your time,

01:48 and if you can, donate your money.

01:50 Together, we can bring hidden heart conditions into focus

01:54 and find breakthroughs that can help outsmart them

01:56 for good.

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