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AED Failure Prompts D.C. Metro Review

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Friday, April 20, 2012


WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA)-- Metro officials confirm one of their Automated External Defibrillators or AED's failed to work on Monday after a Metro rider suffered an apparent heart attack at the Pentagon Station. 51-year old Eugene McCrea was later transported to Virginia Hospital Center where he was pronounced dead.

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