During Easter weekend, Alabama 15-year-old Evan Tucker went into cardiac arrest and collapsed while trying out for a travel baseball team. His mother, Samantha Tucker, rushed to her son when she heard someone say he was having a seizure, but quickly realized his heart had stopped. In that critical moment, a stranger, Johnette Wilmot, ran to the field and performed CPR for about eight minutes until paramedics arrived.
Wilmot, who was at the park to watch her own son’s tryout, says she hadn’t used CPR since learning it in high school 40 years ago. She kept her compressions steady by humming the song “Stayin’ Alive” as she worked to save Evan’s life.
He was taken to Children’s Hospital, where doctors had to shock his heart. Evan spent several days in a coma but has since begun walking and talking again while continuing his recovery. Samantha credits Wilmot and divine intervention for saving her son’s life, and they’re both now urging others to learn CPR. “Miracles happen,” Samantha says, grateful to the woman who acted so quickly to rescue her son.
Source: WBRC
Strangers Save Teen Baseball Player’s Life During Team Tryout
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