New York Success Stories

May 25, 2005

Lifesaver in Sag Harbor

BY JORDAN LITE DAILY NEWS HEALTH WRITER Tuesday, May 24th, 2005 Bill Keating was driving his son Liam home from a basketball game one winter morning […]
December 1, 2005

High School Student Saved By Physical Education Teachers

11/30/2005 6:00 PM (Katrina Irwin, WROC-TV) Watch Video: Low | High Requires Quicktime Three years ago Thursday, a state law went into effect, requiring automated external defibrillators […]
January 26, 2006

Rescue Plan Aces Test at School: Psychologist was in right place, right time during cardiac arrest in Marcellus

By Debra J. Groom Staff writer January 25, 2006 – Hans Smid wasn’t supposed to go to a meeting at Heffernan Elementary School Monday morning. But […]
January 30, 2006

Perry Wrestler Gets a Second Chance at Life

Scott Pitoniak Staff Writer Ben Rice, at home in Leicester with cousin JesseMcBride, center, and sister Jenny, uses a devicethat measures the volume of air he […]
April 14, 2006

‘Our Hero’: School Nurse Saves Life With Defibrillator

April 13, 2006 Gary Bissaillon and Susan Deckerperformed CPR on Marcellus schoolpsychologist Hans Smid, second from left.At far right is school nurse DebbieBowman, who used the […]