HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Students are speaking out after a woman taking the bar exam at Hofstra University in New York suddenly suffered an apparent heart attack and they say proctors wouldn't stop the test.

It happened Wednesday in an auditorium at Hofstra where about 1,000 students were taking the exam.

Witnesses say a young law student from Fordham Law School, believed to be in her 20s, collapsed, stopped breathing and turned blue.

The proctors of the exam, the New York State Board of Law Examiners said, "This event occurred only a few minutes before the scheduled end of the exam session. Our staff came to the examinee's aid as soon as they were alerted to the situation."

However, that is not what witnesses say happened.

"The students around her were telling the proctors, 'Why are you r

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