Rusty Shoop

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name = Rusty Shoop

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birth_place = flagicon|Texas Dallas, Texas, United States
occupation = Author, Television Broadcaster
genre = News
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Rusty Shoop, born in Dallas, Texas, is currently a news broadcastor for American TV station KBFX-CA. [http://www.eyeoutforyou.com/about/bios/news/2377316.html KBFX web site] ]

He is married with four adult children and seven grandchildren. [http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/48259 Bakersfield.com] ]

As of February 25, 2008, he is also a novelist with the publishing of . [http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/ViewPost/51362 The Northwest Voice] ]

Career

Rusty Shoop joined the United States Air Force, ending up in Northern California after his four year tour of duty. At Humboldt State University he became the weatherman at KIEM-TV in Eureka, California, where his brother, Larry, was the anchorman. [http://www.eyeoutforyou.com/about/bios/news/2377316.html KBFX web site] ]

Rusty came to Bakersfield, California in 1984. He became weatherman and worked with anchorman Burleigh Smith on KERO-TV. [http://www.eyeoutforyou.com/about/bios/news/2377316.html KBFX web site] ]

In addition to television, Rusty has worked as a truck driver, a small business owner, and an insurance company executive. [http://www.eyeoutforyou.com/about/bios/news/2377316.html KBFX web site] ]

On January 5 of 2007, Rusty suffered a brain aneurysm. [http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/48259 Bakersfield.com] ] He put his television career on hold while recovering. During this time he polished a novel he had written 9 years prior, and published it February 25, 2008. is about a fictitious news anchorman who investigates a murder. [http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/ViewPost/51362 The Northwest Voice] ]

=Aneurysm [http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/48259 Bakersfield.com] ] =

After suffering an intense headache for two days, Rusty’s wife insisted he see a doctor. Dr. Luis Cousin sent him to the hospital immediately. Testing revealed that an artery in his brain had ruptured. Neuro-surgeon Dr. Mahmoud Rashidi performed surgery within a few hours of Rusty’s arrival at the hospital.

Rusty is enthusiastic about sharing this life changing event; his doctor told him that only about 30% of aneurysm victims survive without life altering problems or even death. Rusty believes there is a divine purpose to his survival and good recovery. His “brain attack” convinced him that...

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