>>> WE ARE BACK WITH "TODAY’S" TALKER.
TALKER. A LOT OF COUPLES HAVE A CUTE
STORY ABOUT THEIR FIRST KISS.
>> VERY FEW HAVE ONE LIKE THE
COUPLE WE’RE ABOUT TO INTRODUCE
YOU TO.
YOU TO. IT WAS A DAY AT THE BEACH, THEN
EVERYTHING DIDN’T GO AS PLANNED.
MAX MONTGOMERY FINALLY WORKED UP
THE COURAGE TO ASK ANDI TRAYNOR
OUT.
OUT. FOR THE FIRST DATE THEY WENT
SURFING NEAR MONTGOMERY’S HOME
IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA.
BUT MONTGOMERY’S PERFECT DAY WAS
ALMOST HIS LAST AS THEY WALKED
BACK FROM THE WATER WITH THEIR
SURFBOARDS, MONTGOMERY SUDDENLY
COLLAPSED.
COLLAPSED. THE 56-YEAR-OLD WAS HAVING A
HEART ATTACK.
HEART ATTACK. LUCKILY FOR HIM ANDI TRAYNOR IS
A DOCTOR AND KNEW EXACTLY WHAT
TO DO.
TO DO. SHE TURNED HIM OVER AND BEGAN
CPR.
CPR. THEIR FIRST KISS HELPING TO SAVE
HIS LIFE.
HIS LIFE. THE WHOLE EPISODE WAS CAUGHT ON
CAMERA BY A MAN FILMING TIME
LAPSE VIDEO.
LAPSE VIDEO. HELP ARRIVED QUICKLY.
BUT MONTGOMERY WAS STILL
UNCONSCIOUS WHEN PARAMEDICS
CARRIED HIM OFF THE BEACH.
HE WOKE UP IN THE AMBULANCE.
THE FOLLOWING DAY, HE HAD BYPASS
SURGERY TO REPAIR A BLOCKED
ARTERY.
ARTERY. MONTGOMERY SURVIVED AND HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH TRAYNOR
FLOURISHED.
FLOURISHED. TEN MONTHS LATER HIS HEART IS
STRONG AND FULL.
>> INDEED.
>> INDEED. IN EVERY SENSE.
WE’RE JOINED BY MAX MONTGOMERY
AND HIS HEROIC GIRLFRIEND ANDI
TRAYNOR.
TRAYNOR. GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> THAT’S A STORY.
YOU’RE OUT THERE, I DON’T EVEN
KNOW WHO TO ASK FIRST.
ANDI, DID YOU FEEL LIKE, IS THIS
A FIRST DATE, IS HE JOKING?
SHOULD I GET IN THERE?
SECONDS MATTER IN A CASE LIKE
THAT?
THAT? >> WHEN WE WERE WALKING UP THE
BLEACH AND HE COLLAPSED, MY
FIRST THOUGHT WAS, DID HE TRIP?
MY SECOND THOUGHT WAS, OKAY, HE
DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THE KIND OF
PERSON WHO WOULD BE PLAYING A
JOKE ON ME.
SO I TURNED HIM OVER AND
IMMEDIATELY REALIZED HE WAS NOT
RESPONDING TO ME AND KNEW THAT
THERE WAS A PROBLEM.
>> YOU WENT INTO DOCTOR MODE.
>> I CALLED FOR HELP.
AND YEAH.
AND YEAH. >> HERE IS THE THING.
AS I UNDERSTAND YOU’RE SUPER
ACTIVE, A RUNNER, PADDLEBOARDER.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE SICK AT
ALL UNTIL YOU COLLAPSED?
>> NOT UNTIL I DROPPED.
BASICALLY, THERE’S HEART DISEASE
IN THE FAMILY, MY DAD’S DAD DIED
OF A HEART ATTACK AT 48, MY
DAD’S SISTER DIED OF A HEART
ATTACK AT 48, MY DAD HAD STINTS
AT 69.
AT 69. I’M ACTIVE.
I’M ACTIVE. I RAN 10 MILES THE NIGHT BEFORE.
THE LAST THING I THOUGHT WAS I
WOULD HAVE A HEART ATTACK.
>> TWA US A SERIOUS HEART
ATTACK.
ATTACK. >> SHE’S NOT THERE, I’M DEAD.
>> DO YOU FEEL ANDI SAVED YOUR
LIFE.
LIFE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> IF YOU WERE ON A DATE WITH AN
ATTORNEY, YOU’D BE DEAD.
>> THIS IS YOUR FIRST DATE, SO
YOU REALLY DIDN’T KNOW EACH
OTHER ALL THAT WELL.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
ARE YOU LIKE, IT’S NOT THE
USUAL, IS HE GOING TO CALL
SITUATION.
SITUATION. DO YOU GO OVER TO THE HOSPITAL?
>> SO WHEN THEY TOOK HIM AWAY IN
THE AMBULANCE, I HAD A LOT OF
THOUGHTS RUNNING THROUGH MY
HEAD, THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS
WHAT KIND OF LUCK IS THIS.
THIS IS TERRIBLE.
I CAN’T BELIEVE -- I DON’T KNOW
WHAT JUST HAPPENED, BUT I THINK
HE JUST DIED ON ME, YOU KNOW.
SO YEAH, I DIDN’T GO TO THE
HOSPITAL RIGHT AWAY FOR MULTIPLE
REASONS.
REASONS. THE PARAMEDICS TOLD ME TO STAY.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
ONES.
ONES. THEN ALSO I NEEDED TO KIND OF
TIE THINGS UP, MAKE SURE
SOMEBODY COULD WATCH MY KIDS SO
I COULD GO TO THE HOSPITAL LATER
AND TRY TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND
WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO NEXT.
>> MAX, HERE IS THE THING.
WE SAW THE FIRST KISS.
HOW WAS THE SECOND KISS?
WAS IT BETTER.
>> IT WAS MUCH BETTER.
>> FOR ONE THING YOU REMEMBER
IT.
IT. >> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. >> YOU DID END UP TOGETHER,
WHICH IS AMAZING.
>> YEAH, NO, ACTUALLY, WHEN SHE
CAME AND VISITED ME IN THE
HOSPITAL, I SAID WHO WANTS TO BE
WITH A GUY WHO JUST HAD A HEART
ATTACK.
ATTACK. I UNDERSTAND IF YOU RUN FOR THE
HILLS.
HILLS. SHE SAID, NO, I’M WHERE I WANT
TO BE.
TO BE. >> YOU’VE TURNED THIS WHOLE
THING INTO A CAUSE.
>> THESE CARDS, PADDLE FOR GOOD.
AMONG THINGS, IN TERMS OF
HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT
THEY NEED TO DO IF SOMEONE HAS A
K HAS, WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED
HELP A HEART CPR.
WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE GET HANDS
ON CPR DUMMIES.
THERE’S A FREE SMARTPHONE APP,
AED, PRESS A BUTTON AND IT WILL
TELL YOU WHERE THE CLOSEST AED
IS.
IS. THAT’S THE THING THAT SHOCKS A
HEART BACK IN LIFE.
IT’S LITERALLY THAT SIMPLE.
>> DID YOU KNOW CPR BEFORE THIS
HAPPENED?
HAPPENED? >> I DIDN’T.
NOW WE’VE BECOME CPR INSTRUCTORS
AND ARE TEACHING.
>> WHAT A GREAT STORY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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