Army Specialist Suffers 2 Heart Attacks After She Was Forced to Get the Covid Vaccine: ‘I Was Left Behind and Trampled’ by the Army

STANCIK I am 24 ░░░░░░░░ old I have had ░░░░░░░░ heart attacks a mini ░░░░░░░░ and I am now ░░░░░░░░ a pacemaker HERRIDGE What ░░░░░░░░ to blame STANCIK The ░░░░░░░░ vaccine and that s ░░░░░░░░ everything flipped upside down ░░░░░░░░ me HERRIDGE So is ░░░░░░░░ Army memo an acknowledgement ░░░░░░░░ your heart condition is ░░░░░░░░ result of the Covid ░░░░░░░░ STANCIK It 100 percent ░░░░░░░░ HERRIDGE Were you left ░░░░░░░░ by the Army and ░░░░░░░░ National Guard STANCIK I ░░░░░░░░ left behind and trampled ░░░░░░░░ Meet Karoline Stancik a ░░░░░░░░ in the Army National ░░░░░░░░ She takes 27 pills ░░░░░░░░ day after suffering her ░░░░░░░░ heart attack while on ░░░░░░░░ duty HERRIDGE Did you ░░░░░░░░ heart issues before you ░░░░░░░░ the military STANCIK Not ░░░░░░░░ single heart issue I ░░░░░░░░ run 10 miles at ░░░░░░░░ time play basketball and ░░░░░░░░ I have trouble just ░░░░░░░░ up HERRIDGE What s ░░░░░░░░ blame STANCIK I mean ░░░░░░░░ only thing that would ░░░░░░░░ changed was the Covid ░░░░░░░░ and that s when ░░░░░░░░ flipped upside down for ░░░░░░░░ HERRIDGE Government records obtained ░░░░░░░░ our investigative team confirm ░░░░░░░░ has a serious heart ░░░░░░░░ and her case may ░░░░░░░░ the door to service ░░░░░░░░ who believe they were ░░░░░░░░ by the Defense Department ░░░░░░░░ Covid vaccine mandate HERRIDGE ░░░░░░░░ to this Army memo ░░░░░░░░ debilitating heart condition can ░░░░░░░░ caused by either Covid ░░░░░░░░ infection or the Covid ░░░░░░░░ vaccine Have you ever ░░░░░░░░ positive for Covid 19 ░░░░░░░░ I don t have ░░░░░░░░ single positive test for ░░░░░░░░ 19 HERRIDGE So is ░░░░░░░░ Army memo an acknowledgment ░░░░░░░░ your heart condition is ░░░░░░░░ result of the Covid ░░░░░░░░ STANCIK It 100 percent ░░░░░░░░ an acknowledgment that it ░░░░░░░░ a result of the ░░░░░░░░ HERRIDGE How hard did ░░░░░░░░ have to fight within ░░░░░░░░ bureaucracy to get this ░░░░░░░░ STANCIK It really was ░░░░░░░░ 19 month grueling process ░░░░░░░░ Does the Defense Department ░░░░░░░░ a special responsibility to ░░░░░░░░ and others who believe ░░░░░░░░ are Covid vaccine injured ░░░░░░░░ They re fully responsible ░░░░░░░░ was neglected and the ░░░░░░░░ care that I needed ░░░░░░░░ get was not happening ░░░░░░░░ so the damage was ░░░░░░░░ by delaying the response ░░░░░░░░ Born in Lithuania Karoline ░░░░░░░░ her brother were adopted ░░░░░░░░ 2003 by Lisa Stancik ░░░░░░░░ decades later in college ░░░░░░░░ enlisted inspired to serve ░░░░░░░░ her grandfather a World ░░░░░░░░ II veteran STANCIK I ░░░░░░░░ looked up to him ░░░░░░░░ was a great leader ░░░░░░░░ role model and I ░░░░░░░░ to go ahead and ░░░░░░░░ in his footsteps HERRIDGE ░░░░░░░░ early 2021 she received ░░░░░░░░ first Covid shot STANCIK ░░░░░░░░ received Moderna 1 and ░░░░░░░░ HERRIDGE What was the ░░░░░░░░ STANCIK Cough chest pain ░░░░░░░░ pressure There was like ░░░░░░░░ headache HERRIDGE A month ░░░░░░░░ she received a second ░░░░░░░░ shot The reaction was ░░░░░░░░ STANCIK I was experiencing ░░░░░░░░ neuropathic pain felt like ░░░░░░░░ sensation throughout my whole ░░░░░░░░ and I was having ░░░░░░░░ pain breathing issues and ░░░░░░░░ really high heart rate ░░░░░░░░ dizziness It felt like ░░░░░░░░ balloon was blowing up ░░░░░░░░ my chest HERRIDGE Military ░░░░░░░░ independently reviewed by our ░░░░░░░░ confirm a debilitating heart ░░░░░░░░ known as postural orthostatic ░░░░░░░░ syndrome or POTS STANCIK ░░░░░░░░ s where your heart ░░░░░░░░ your blood pressure don ░░░░░░░░ work in accordance with ░░░░░░░░ other HERRIDGE What does ░░░░░░░░ mean day to day ░░░░░░░░ Day to day you ░░░░░░░░ t know what s ░░░░░░░░ to happen right And ░░░░░░░░ I will wake up ░░░░░░░░ heart rate will hit ░░░░░░░░ 180s 190s HERRIDGE On ░░░░░░░░ media Stancik documented her ░░░░░░░░ to get an accurate ░░░░░░░░ and timely medical help ░░░░░░░░ I don t know ░░░░░░░░ I sound good or ░░░░░░░░ I feel like I ░░░░░░░░ t breathe HERRIDGE In ░░░░░░░░ 2022 Stancik was released ░░░░░░░░ active duty and told ░░░░░░░░ she lost her health ░░░░░░░░ and about 3 300 ░░░░░░░░ monthly income STANCIK I ░░░░░░░░ say it s a ░░░░░░░░ of silence but also ░░░░░░░░ the same time there ░░░░░░░░ a fear of retaliation ░░░░░░░░ the military and the ░░░░░░░░ SORENSON Having served for ░░░░░░░░ years myself and having ░░░░░░░░ a role most of ░░░░░░░░ time as an officer ░░░░░░░░ s absolutely abhorrent to ░░░░░░░░ that we would treat ░░░░░░░░ young service member this ░░░░░░░░ HERRIDGE Jeremy Sorensen served ░░░░░░░░ the Air National Guard ░░░░░░░░ an F 16 and ░░░░░░░░ 10 pilot and now ░░░░░░░░ for service members through ░░░░░░░░ org HERRIDGE Wait wait ░░░░░░░░ second because I want ░░░░░░░░ understand something So you ░░░░░░░░ got a 24 year ░░░░░░░░ who followed orders got ░░░░░░░░ Covid vaccine believes she ░░░░░░░░ Covid vaccine injured and ░░░░░░░░ s not in the ░░░░░░░░ of duty SORENSON Well ░░░░░░░░ law it s in ░░░░░░░░ line of duty But ░░░░░░░░ Army and the National ░░░░░░░░ abandoned Karoline Stancik for ░░░░░░░░ months HERRIDGE Sorensen says ░░░░░░░░ Army and National Guard ░░░░░░░░ obligated to retain Stancik ░░░░░░░░ she was better and ░░░░░░░░ to duty or she ░░░░░░░░ go through a disability ░░░░░░░░ SORENSON Her case is ░░░░░░░░ of hundreds possibly thousands ░░░░░░░░ other vaccine injury cases ░░░░░░░░ moreover it s very ░░░░░░░░ of the systemic problem ░░░░░░░░ the Department of Defense ░░░░░░░░ injured service members Vaccine ░░░░░░░░ are also very very ░░░░░░░░ and the leadership in ░░░░░░░░ Defense Department did not ░░░░░░░░ to address that and ░░░░░░░░ does not want to ░░░░░░░░ that maybe we hurt ░░░░░░░░ own people HERRIDGE I ░░░░░░░░ want to be clear ░░░░░░░░ you saying the U ░░░░░░░░ Defense Department is not ░░░░░░░░ care of its people ░░░░░░░░ One hundred percent HERRIDGE ░░░░░░░░ longer on active duty ░░░░░░░░ faced more than 70 ░░░░░░░░ of medical debt HERRIDGE ░░░░░░░░ you been homeless STANCIK ░░░░░░░░ three weeks I was ░░░░░░░░ out in my car ░░░░░░░░ up and down the ░░░░░░░░ trying to get medical ░░░░░░░░ HERRIDGE When Stancik eventually ░░░░░░░░ in Florida things got ░░░░░░░░ HERRIDGE What happened here ░░░░░░░░ September of 2023 STANCIK ░░░░░░░░ was going through a ░░░░░░░░ severe flare up where ░░░░░░░░ heart and my blood ░░░░░░░░ were just all over ░░░░░░░░ place I literally just ░░░░░░░░ out didn t know ░░░░░░░░ happened and woke up ░░░░░░░░ the bottom of the ░░░░░░░░ HERRIDGE So you could ░░░░░░░░ killed yourself STANCIK Right ░░░░░░░░ And that s what ░░░░░░░░ fear HERRIDGE I just ░░░░░░░░ to read you some ░░░░░░░░ messages that you ve ░░░░░░░░ with us I ve ░░░░░░░░ it before but if ░░░░░░░░ was alone I d ░░░░░░░░ 000 percent consider a ░░░░░░░░ exit Did you seriously ░░░░░░░░ suicide STANCIK I did ░░░░░░░░ talked about it with ░░░░░░░░ cardiologist and I just ░░░░░░░░ her I m ready ░░░░░░░░ this to just be ░░░░░░░░ Like I don t ░░░░░░░░ how much longer I ░░░░░░░░ take this HERRIDGE I ░░░░░░░░ see the tears in ░░░░░░░░ eyes when you re ░░░░░░░░ about it STANCIK I ░░░░░░░░ been through multiple therapists ░░░░░░░░ I was denied mental ░░░░░░░░ care because they said ░░░░░░░░ the stuff with the ░░░░░░░░ gets resolved like we ░░░░░░░░ t help you HERRIDGE ░░░░░░░░ text hit Sorenson hard ░░░░░░░░ The issue of suicide ░░░░░░░░ the Defense Department likes ░░░░░░░░ tout that they re ░░░░░░░░ something about and then ░░░░░░░░ throw service members into ░░░░░░░░ position that Karoline Stancik ░░░░░░░░ in HERRIDGE Did they ░░░░░░░░ Karoline Stancik away SORENSON ░░░░░░░░ did She was discarded ░░░░░░░░ trash HERRIDGE Finally in ░░░░░░░░ 2023 the Army Human ░░░░░░░░ Command concluded Stancik s ░░░░░░░░ injury was considered in ░░░░░░░░ of duty by the ░░░░░░░░ of evidence HERRIDGE The ░░░░░░░░ states research has confirmed ░░░░░░░░ Link between Covid 19 ░░░░░░░░ and a debilitating heart ░░░░░░░░ called POTS POTS was ░░░░░░░░ linked to a lesser ░░░░░░░░ to Covid 19 vaccination ░░░░░░░░ I jumped to the ░░░░░░░░ where it talks about ░░░░░░░░ and I was like ░░░░░░░░ is exactly right HERRIDGE ░░░░░░░░ read that section and ░░░░░░░░ said that s me ░░░░░░░░ That is me HERRIDGE ░░░░░░░░ m vaccine injured STANCIK ░░░░░░░░ And how important is ░░░░░░░░ service connection Service connection ░░░░░░░░ you benefits when you ░░░░░░░░ out of the military ░░░░░░░░ so without that I ░░░░░░░░ not get any benefits ░░░░░░░░ these conditions HERRIDGE Does ░░░░░░░░ Army memo open the ░░░░░░░░ to recognizing other service ░░░░░░░░ who believe they are ░░░░░░░░ vaccine injured STANCIK I ░░░░░░░░ am hopeful that this ░░░░░░░░ provide them the help ░░░░░░░░ care they need SORENSON ░░░░░░░░ can t understand I ░░░░░░░░ t explain how any ░░░░░░░░ officer could mistreat our ░░░░░░░░ members like it has ░░░░░░░░ to Specialist Stancik It ░░░░░░░░ me deeply because it ░░░░░░░░ away my faith in ░░░░░░░░ own Defense Department our ░░░░░░░░ government which I swore ░░░░░░░░ serve And I would ░░░░░░░░ do that again But ░░░░░░░░ ll tell you what ░░░░░░░░ wouldn t recommend anybody ░░░░░░░░ do it HERRIDGE That ░░░░░░░░ a very hard thing ░░░░░░░░ say I know that ░░░░░░░░ right Yeah Just take ░░░░░░░░ minute HERRIDGE When our ░░░░░░░░ recently interviewed Stancik she ░░░░░░░░ another medical crisis HERRIDGE ░░░░░░░░ are sitting down just ░░░░░░░░ before you re having ░░░░░░░░ heart surgery STANCIK I ░░░░░░░░ getting a pacemaker in ░░░░░░░░ days HERRIDGE How does ░░░░░░░░ happen at 24 STANCIK ░░░░░░░░ s like that s ░░░░░░░░ what I expected for ░░░░░░░░ I thought I was ░░░░░░░░ to be doing marathons ░░░░░░░░ I m literally sitting ░░░░░░░░ like not allowed to ░░░░░░░░ HERRIDGE You know based ░░░░░░░░ interviews you ve given ░░░░░░░░ one criticism is that ░░░░░░░░ re an anti vaxxer ░░░░░░░░ criticism would be that ░░░░░░░░ re doing this story ░░░░░░░░ you re trying to ░░░░░░░░ an anti vaccine agenda ░░░░░░░░ That is not the ░░░░░░░░ My story my health ░░░░░░░░ my own I ve ░░░░░░░░ to live these traumas ░░░░░░░░ so I would never ░░░░░░░░ to ever see someone ░░░░░░░░ through the same thing ░░░░░░░░ me HERRIDGE For service ░░░░░░░░ who believe they ve ░░░░░░░░ Covid vaccine injured what ░░░░░░░░ the cost of coming ░░░░░░░░ SORENSON Cost of coming ░░░░░░░░ for those who ve ░░░░░░░░ vaccine injured is probably ░░░░░░░░ than other injuries because ░░░░░░░░ the political environment and ░░░░░░░░ stigma around not following ░░░░░░░░ order to get a ░░░░░░░░ or for speaking up ░░░░░░░░ the vaccine itself after ░░░░░░░░ it HERRIDGE What was ░░░░░░░░ cost of following orders ░░░░░░░░ I mean it pretty ░░░░░░░░ cost my whole life ░░░░░░░░ obviously I m not ░░░░░░░░ same person HERRIDGE It ░░░░░░░░ a sacred military pledge ░░░░░░░░ leave no one behind ░░░░░░░░ you left behind by ░░░░░░░░ Army and the National ░░░░░░░░ STANCIK I was left ░░░░░░░░ and trampled They watched ░░░░░░░░ they came back walked ░░░░░░░░ over me and then ░░░░░░░░ again HERRIDGE That s ░░░░░░░░ very serious charge STANCIK ░░░░░░░░ m very serious when ░░░░░░░░ say it.”