A Race Interrupted, A Life Saved
For six long minutes, Tim Quick lay motionless on Bayshore Drive. Midway through the cycling leg of the Door County Sprint Triathlon, his heart failed without warning. He fell from his bike, unconscious, as the race flowed around him. “I felt more dizzy than I ever have in my life,” Quick said days later. “I remember slowing down, and then nothing.” Meant to be: Fellow Competitors and CPR… Read More
Before Sunrise, Jody’s CPR Brought Anthony Back
On the morning of September 6, 2025, just before 6:00 AM, Anthony was still in bed. It was a Saturday, and he needed a little extra sleep before heading to work. Jody, his wife, let the dogs out and returned upstairs to their bedroom. She found Anthony, gasping for air. There was no confusion. No pause. Jody had CPR training through her work, and in that critical instant, training became action… Read More
A rescuer who did not wait and did not give up
It was an ordinary Monday morning, and Jackson was in the shower getting ready for work. Sarah Frances, his wife, was awake earlier than usual that day for no particular reason. Their one-year-old was still asleep upstairs. Sarah called Jackson’s name. No answer. She walked toward the bathroom and saw him slumped over. Immediate CPR Sarah grabbed her phone, called 911, and began chest… Read More
The Blue Line Went Dark, but Love and CPR Brought Him Back
An ordinary day. On Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at about 2:30 pm in the afternoon, Mike was sitting at his desk talking with his wife, Stephanie. Then, without warning, he told her he felt dizzy. Seconds later, he collapsed. To him, the experience was instant and surreal. Like an old CRT monitor switching off, he remembers seeing a thin blue line of static blink out. Then nothing. His heart had… Read More
A Story of Survival, Life, and Loss
Twenty-year-old Zachary Ray Jones saved Jeffrey Grant Jones. One moment Jeffrey was standing and the next, his heart stopped. Zach caught Jeffrey as he fell. Zach immediately began CPR; calm, focused, and brave. He called 911 and never stopped, keeping air moving into Jeffrey’s lungs. Zach followed the ambulance to the hospital. He sat beside Jeffrey, shaken and in tears. Later, a doctor told… Read More
The day a family became first responders in the backyard
On the evening of September 30, 2022, Officer Jimmy Valenti, a Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Officer with the Cedar Hill Police Department in Texas, came home from work. He stepped into his backyard to mow the lawn. While cutting the grass, Jimmy inadvertently ran over a nest of yellow jackets. For Jimmy, who is highly allergic to wasps and yellow jackets, it was immediately life-… Read More
A grieving family’s extraordinary act of courage
The day had already been heavy with grief. George Levario’s family gathered for his nephew’s funeral. As they were preparing to follow the procession to the burial site, without warning, everything changed. Immediate Action from Family George slumped over in the seat, unresponsive. One moment he was there, the next he was not. George’s wife yelled for her grandson to call 911. Before panic… Read More
A Husband, a Dispatcher, and the CPR That Brought Summer Back
On May 27, 2022, Summer and Kristopher returned home after dropping their oldest son off at senior prom. They got home and Kristopher left to bring food home. Summer opened the door when he returned, Kristopher put food on the table, and Summer collapsed. At thirty-eight years old, sudden cardiac arrest was her first and only symptom of a condition she did not yet know would nearly take her life… Read More
When Training Met the Moment: A Family’s CPR Saved Robert’s Life
April 25, 2025 was like any other day in the Walter family household, until it wasn’t. Robert, a chef by trade, had just accepted a job in Hawaii running a kitchen at a state park. Tanya, Robert’s wife, was trained as a former EMT before she became a kindergarten teacher, and Grace, Robert’s daughter, had spent a summer as a Disney lifeguard. Never did Tanya think that her EMT skills would ever… Read More