Cecilia Showman, Vista, CA – 33 at the time of event (2007)

On December 14, 2007, I went to a local Japanese restaurant with my daughter. Afterwards we were supposed to see the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie.

From what I hear, I was either text messaging someone or e-mailing when my head went forward and then backwards. Megan, my eight-year-old, said I fell off the stool. Almost immediately, three people came to help. I had stopped breathing and had no pulse. One person began CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), another called 9-1-1, and a third took Megan aside while she called my husband, Bill.

“Daddy, Mommy hit her head and we are at the Japanese restaurant near the movie theater and you need to come right away,” she said.