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A California man died eight times from a “‘widowmaker” heart attack, living to tell the tale — and he’s as fearful of his own mortality as he ever was.

Evan Wasserstrom was just 40 years old when tragedy struck — the Angeleno was getting ready to walk his lab, Atticus Finch, when he began to feel strange, unfamiliar sensations.

“It was like the sun burning inside the veins of my left arm. Sweating profusely, I felt like I had just gone for a swim with all my clothes on. It was like no feeling I had ever experienced before,” he told Insider.

The death-defying dog dad quickly called 911 and explained to the operator that he was either having the worst panic attack of his life or a heart attack.

The ambulance arrived right as Wasserstrom blacked out. He had to be revived using defibrillators six times while on the way to Cedars-Sinai Hospital.

“The paramedic said it was like a ping-pong match — every time they shocked me back to life, I would flatline again for about 30 to 40 seconds,” he said.

Wasserstrom died two more times at the hospital for two minutes each. In total, he died eight times on one day — March 28th.

Once stabilized, doctors rushed him into surgery when he received two stents — turns out, the widow-maker artery had a 100% blockage, while a second artery was 70% blocked.

“The term ‘widowmaker’ historically comes from the greater risk of a 100% blockage in the left anterior descending (LAD) artery, which carries almost 50% of the blood to your heart muscle,” according to Dr. Ajay J. Kirtane of New York-Presbyterian.

Wasserstrom was placed in a medically induced coma in the ICU and hooked up to an ECMO machine, which kept his heart beating.

Doctors didn’t think he would survive, warning Wasserstrom’s family that even if he did, they didn’t think he would be able to walk or talk. Somehow, he shot out of his coma and made a miraculous recovery.

“My friends and family think I’m invincible … I feel anything but,” Wasserstrom confessed.

He’s had an obsession with death from a young age, he said — and still does.

“This is real life, and it will eventually end — that’s not a theoretical thought for me anymore. It’s actually part of my lived experience,” he said.

“[But] dying eight times hasn’t cured me of fear or worry.”