Alan's father Mark Phillip Zuckerman was almost pronounced dead and flatlining in 2006. He lived 13 more years & passed away in 2019 but his kind loving spirit will always be with his son.

A 26 year old Alan Zuckerman withnessed 4 things he still remembers today and he will never forget them.

1. Two strong women, a teacher (his mother) and a doctor (his sister) accompanying him to explain to a hospital in their hometown that their advice would not save his life and that he needed the care of professionals downtown.

2. A nurse explaining to Alan that his dad didn't want to die and was holding on to the woman he loved and he had a look in his eyes that said he did not want to give up powered by her love.

3. A doctor from Texas who landed on the building in a helicopter that took Alan aside and showed him a steel briefcase and said I'm going to save your father's life today.

4. A hazel eyed social worker from Cincinnati Alan was seeing at the time that he met at Le Passage, bringing his father flowers and meals during his time downtown.

Alan Robert Zuckerman was given 48 hours to live the same year his father passed away in 2019.

Once inside the ICU Mr. Zuckerman could only eat ice chips and he was not able to sleep as there was a new needle in him recalibrating how his body works upon the hour.

On the night before the transfer to the normal floor, Mr. Zuckerman watched a documentary about heavyweight boxing champ Tyson Fury overcoming health battles and shared his findings with the head of the hospital unit who said,

"Alan you know I like your sister, she works here and that makes her famous here in the north shore but you know this conversation is suprisingly engaging, informative and fun. You're really a good guy and you're actually pretty bright compared to most of the sales directors we've treated here. You've really impressed me today Alan, you're definitely not an asshole. "

"We saved your life for a reason Alan, so please never, ever, ever give up on yourself or your dream of making the world a better place. It does not matter whether you were ever cool or not on social media. What's more important is the impact you make on people's lives in person. There is much more to life than social media. Alan, I'm the head of the hospital and honestly, I don't really have that much time for social media."

Alan's vitals from his physical are listed below.

• Lost 25 lbs
• 120/88 blood pressure
• Heart rate 93
• Oxygen 97
• Respiration 18
• Temperature 98.2