Danielle Burkett, Warner Robins, GA – 18 at time of event (2008)
She played 2nd base for the Georgia Elite Gold fastpitch softball team, and had been playing for ten years. She is no longer. It wasn’t her fault. She didn’t know, no one did. Danielle went to Irvine, California for a tournament in the summer of ‘08. But, she didn’t come back with the team. Instead she visited the hospital for a week.
The reason? She found out that she has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy*.
How? By collapsing on the field just prior to their second game of the day.
She very nearly died then and there. But she was saved; quick action by a bystander made it possible. There was also an AED, but it was defective.
