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WE BEGIN TODAY WITH A PROUD
PARENT.
NOT AN HONOR STUDENT OR LITTLE
LEAGUE CHAMPION.
THIS MAN SAYS HIS DAUGHTER IS A
LIFESAVER.
JOHN LILLY WRITES, I HAVE A
24-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WHO IS A
NURSE AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
RECENTLY WHILE WORKING OUT AT A
LOCAL FITNESS CLUB, A MAN
SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK ON A
TREADMILL.
MY DAUGHTER ADMINISTERED LIFE
SAVING CPR.
NOW IT ALL STARTED WITH YOUR
NEWS IN AN E-MAIL.
LET'S GET THE STORY NOW FROM OUR
REPORTER.
>> IT REALLY IS A GOOD STORY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE OEKTS IT'S
TWO LIVES HAD NO
INTERSECRETARIED BACK ON MARCH
26th, ONE OF THEM WOULDN'T BE
HERE.
I REMEMBER GOING TO THE GYM AND
I REMEMBER TEXTING MY WIFE
BEFORE I GOT THERE.
>> I WAS COMPLETELY IN MY ZONE.
I WAS LISTENING TO MUSIC AND MY
OWN THOUGHTS AND THEN YOU'RE
BROUGHT BACK TO REALITY QUICKLY.
>> MAGGIE ALMOST DIDN'T GO TO
THE GYM THAT DAY.
BUT SOMETHING COMPELLED HER.
>> I HEARD A LADY SCREAMING.
SO I LOOKED OVER TO SEE WHAT SHE
WAS SCREAMING B AND THERE WAS A
GENTLEMAN LAYING ON THE GROUND.
>> SLUMPED AGAINST A MACHINE AND
AT PLANET PHILADELPHIA IN SOUTH
PHILADELPHIA WAS 46-YEAR-OLD
JOHN FRIESMAN.
>> HE WAS NOT BREATHING.
HE WASN'T MOVING, PER SE.
HE STARTED TO KIND OF TURN A NOT
SO GOOD COLOR.
THAT'S WHEN I NUSHLY -- MY
INSTINCTS KICKED IN THIS WAS A
CARDIAC ARREST.
>> Reporter: THE FORMER HIGH
SCHOOL WRESTLER, FORMER MARINE
AND FORMER ARMY RANGER WAS DYING
AND IT WOULD BE UP TO A
24-YEAR-OLD PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE
CARE NURSE FROM CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL TO SAVE HIM.
>> THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER WAS
SEEING THREE OF MY CO-WORKERS IN
MY ROOM.
I THINK THAT WAS FIVE DAYS
LATER.
>> Reporter: THE DRIVER FOR TMK
PHOTOS WOULD GRADUALLY LEARN
THAT YOUNG NURSE WHO'S ONLY BEEN
ON THE JOB SEVEN MONTHS HAD BEEN
TELLING PEOPLE TO CALL 911 WHILE
SHE PERFORMED CPR ON JOHN FOR
SEVEN VERY LONG MINUTES.
IT WAS CPR SHE HAD JUST BEEN
RECERTIFIED IN.
>> IT WAS A HUGE RELIEF TO FIND
OUT THAT FOR A WHILE I WAS
TELLING A STORY WITH NO REAL
ENDING.
BUT TO FIND OUT THAT HE IS, YOU
KNOW, DOING WELL IS JUST GREAT
NEWS.
>> SHE IMPARTED A LOT TO ME,
MORE THAN JUST MY LIFE BACK.
BUT JUST GAVE ME A REFLECTION
OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE I'VE BEEN
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T FORGET
THINGS.
>> HI, GUYS.
>> ALL OF JOHN FRIESMAN'S
CO-WORKERS WANTED TO THANK
MAGGIE MALILY AS WELL.
>> NO WORDS CLEAR ENOUGH OR
STRONG ENOUGH TO EXPRESS OUR
SINCERE APPRECIATION.
>> JOHN WAS TOO WEAK TO BE THERE
BUT WE PLAYED HIS MESSAGE FOR
MAGGIE.
>> MAGGIE, I DIDN'T MEET YOU.
BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
MAYBE LUNCH OR SOMETHING IN THE
FUTURE.
I DO THANK YOU.
>> I'M THANKFUL I WAS ABLE TO
HELP SOMEONE IN THAT WAY AND,
YOU KNOW, HELP KEEP HIM HERE.
>> DAWN, JOHN FRIESMAN NOW HAS A
PACEMAKER IMPLANT THE IN HIS
CHEST.
ONCE HE GETS HIS STRENGTH BACK,
BOTH HE AND MAGGIE INVITED US
BACK FOR THAT MUCH HAPPIER
REUNION.
>> WOW.
THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE STOREY.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHEN THEY
MEET.
THEY'LL BE CONNECTED FOREVER.
>> EXACTLY.