I had my life all figured out. I was engaged to Megan Halsey, the dean's daughter, and really loved her. I was on my way to graduating med school, not top of my class or anything but did alright. I had to keep my relationship secret from Meg's dad and I had a hard time with my residency, because losing patients affected me deeper than most, but I was on the right path. Then Herbert West moved into my basement and showed me his experiments with Re-animation, and, well, he drew me into his madness