This is a defibrillator and AED along,
and now this AED, along with some
wonderful people made what could
have been a tragic story into one.
We get to celebrate today.
Now a warning for you at home.
This story has video of a group of people
using this to shock a man back to life,
so it may be hard for some to
watch. I don't know where I'm
going the best friendships.
Start with heart. Hey Ashley Cowan,
keep your upper body up but relax.
Your arm brings passion to her
job as the Bear Creek High School
licensed athletic trainer. Polar pop
I love my job. I love every part of it
and I love being here helping people.
Alright, thank you rest.
Come see me tomorrow. Harold White
nickname is Woody along time,
high school basketball referee.
It's just gonna be good.
Yeah to be alive and doesn't
really know her high woody.
How are you? But he is aware.
Of her heart how's life?
Good, how are you feeling?
Little emotional, I know.
It's good to see you though I'm glad
you guys were there and help me.
Have you seen the video of it?
No, no do you want to, yeah.
The start of a Bear Creek
Inheritage girls basketball game.
It was pretty uneventful for her. That is,
until the beginning of the second quarter.
No.
And from the moment Woody dropped it took
Ashley just 9 seconds to recognize the
danger as Woody was on the brink of death.
I didn't see what he actually collapsed,
but I heard his body hit the floor
as soon as I got out to Woody.
He was not breathing very well,
but his eyes were open and he looked
like he was trying to talk and then
it very quickly just declined.
I realized he stopped breathing
and we couldn't feel a pulse.
Woody White wears a pacemaker for his heart.
The batteries were dead and he
fell into sudden cardiac arrest
mid game. Ashley
lead, a group of bystanders in the gym
to assist white as fast as possible.
Here comes that assistant that parent
who's a respiratory therapist.
As I handed her
the AED. The defibrillator
was used to shock Woody
back to life.
It advises shocks so we pull clear.
There is a shock
you saw your arms jump.
The sudden jolt sent Woody into a panic.
He was soon taken to the hospital.
And his life was saved.
Just very thankful you know the
Lord put you in different places
different times for different reasons.
Thank you you are so welcome.
He did great though, and he came back.
That's all that matters.
Three weeks later,
the game was replayed.
Did you see up and around my friend?
Thank you. Come back to the scene
of the crime for his speech.
And Dwight wasn't going to
miss his heartfelt return
to the gym. Thank you for your help,
absolutely, I'm glad to be here.
Ashley Cowan, the woman who found it
in her heart.
To save woody's.
Woody's healing very well and amazingly.
15 years ago this exact same
thing happened to him while he
was reffing a men's league game,
so truly remarkable guys for him to be in
the right place at the right time. Twice
Wow Ashley gets the swag chain for life
for life that goosebumps over here just
to see him watch that though that has
to be surreal for him to watch that.
Yeah terrific story.
Thanks for bringing it to us Scotty.