A Popular Song Saves A Heart Attack Victim

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A 52-year old jogger's heart stopped during a 10-mile run-- he had recently received a clean bill of health from the doctor.

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" name does not believe he did it ten mile run leaving him witness -- And."

" Joy and."

" Emotional. At the finish line Spanish trail in Delray Beach. And keeping --"

" Since that happened -- slow. Walk. Along."

" See the run was actually the easy part the stopping was the top part because Tom didn't choose to stop his heart did the."

" Apparently DIA had a heart attack. "

" Tom Ellison as Beyonce rob and were driving through the neighborhood they were lost all of a sudden we've. Turn the corner and Tom wasn't laying motionless on the driveway and the court you know what's happened to be house hunting they also stopped and ran to help is another man dialed 911."

" Yeah CE. Yeah. Israel and beyond the collapse of the driveway and."

" Good samaritans jumped into action with CPR. When you announced now Ellison with a chest compression. And what running his hand was. --"

" I think who who."

" Who's being. Stay in a -- song Tom heard about in this today show segment one that. -- extra attention to one aired."

" Six months ago the night I -- before this song staying alive might be geez why is that song you should have in your mind that this particular moment."

" Because that is has a high beat and about a 103 beats a minute and says that can get you back into the correct driven so we got me to be a little bit quicker. One and two and three and four and five and think how many of these you do before you do the breeding again thirty impressions and to breath and you just keep doing until EMS arrived and just what these guys did for their jogger the crowd that had formed around them kept them going look command and it was a group about a good fifteen to twenty people. Everybody who's buying and their work followed by two different shocks by Gary beach fire rescue kept ongoing he essentially could be considered. That time hearts once blocked the road. The democratic. The sisters and that is now letting in some new friends and store might be."

" The paramedics did a wonderful job taking over after them but these guys as far as I'm concerned we. It's like a new mom and dad you know they just gave birth to me on and on April the 25 but -- I get a new birthday."

" Now and now they come together not just too busy -- and spread the love but to spread. Many messages. Asks specific questions -- your doctor earned CPR and keep staying in this -- in alive in my hand. It's not in my head perhaps the son Tommy -- will now be singing while exercising. The song that will remind him of life and how close he came to losing it."

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