Tammy Reather, Broken Arrow, OK – 37 at time of event (October 23, 2007)

I am a healthy and young 37-year-old wife and Mom to six teens, and I am a nurse. On October 23, 2007, I was dropping off my girls at soccer practice when I experienced an SCA (sudden cardiac arrest). It was two weeks to the day since I lost my Dad.

Two women came to my van when the engine was revving and noticed I was unresponsive. A doctor just happened to be walking by and he removed me from the van and performed CPR until paramedics arrived. It took four shocks with a defibrillator to bring me back.