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What if in the early morning hours of August 9th 1974, Vice-President Gerald Ford dies of a heart attack just hours before he was to assume the presidency? Would Nixon continue with his plans to resign that day or change his mind and fight on? Would the congress continue with impeachment proceedings? How fast could a new V-P get confirmed (with the knowledge that the person would certainly become the next president)? Who could get confirmed? Would Speaker Carl Albert be more willing to assume the presidency under these circumstances? How would America and the world handle this sudden crisis?