1.   Last year Manchester Central Apex branch submitted a motion highlighting the dangers of tampon related shock syndrome, arising out of the death of an Apex member.

2.   Cribbs, the lead defense attorney, suggested that King might have post-traumatic shock syndrome from his two years in a Texas prison.

3.   The villain of the piece, it turns out, is post-traumatic shock syndrome.

4.   The shock syndrome is often fatal.