Posted on 06/09/2009

RALEIGH, NC– A House colleague of Rep. Becky Carney of North Carolina, and two General Assembly police officers are being honored for saving her life when she went into cardiac arrest.

The American Red Cross is slated to present Tuesday lifesaving awards to Rep. Bob England and officers Forrest Johnson and Will Smith at a Legislative Building news conference.

England is a physician who said Carney had no pulse after collapsing in her legislative office April 2. The Mecklenburg County Democrat was revived thanks to CPR and the building's defibrillator.

Carney was hospitalized for the heart arrhythmia and has since recovered at home. She'll attend the event and mark her return to work at the House for the first time since her collapse.

SOURCE: Associated Press

 

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