Young Heart Attack Survivor Recalls Experience during American Heart Month

She got to thank medics at the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivor’s Reunion


Jenn Bernstein, CBS Philly | | Thursday, February 28, 2013


NEW CASTLE, Del. (CBS) – Twenty-year-old Grace Firestone says she doesn’t remember much about the night that changed her life.

“I went into my mom’s room and said, ‘I don’t feel so good,’ and then just collapsed,” recalled Firestone.

Grace’s heart stopped–she was in cardiac arrest. Her family immediately called 911, while her brother started CPR.

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