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- [Voiceover] Welcome to one of the finest
Heart Balls in this country.
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- [Voiceover] Thank you for your generosity,
you're making a huge difference in the lives of many.
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- [Voiceover] It's phenomenal, what you guys have done,
both in giving your dollars but your time.
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- [Voiceover] You truly have the power to save lives,
right here in this community.
On behalf of the Heart Association,
on behalf of all of us here tonight, I thank you.
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- [Voiceover] Really why we're here is to honor here.
- [Voiceover] We've heard the statistics,
you know what the state of Alabama looks like
from a demographic standpoint,
anything we can do to improve the lives of the citizens
of this state, we need to do,
every single time we have the chance.
- [Voiceover] On behalf of those (mumbles),
we want to thank the American Heart Association.
- 35, 32 1/2 to 35, can I get a 35?
Who's going to win?
I got you one (auctioneer drowned out by music).
You're going to lose (auctioneer drowned out by music).
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Can I put you (auctioneer drowned out by music)?
Oh! $6,750! (audience applauses)
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- It's very difficult when you're telling
a 39-year-old, "There's no option for you,"
and we had that conversation.
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The science behind this is so, so advanced,
and the American Heart Association
is one of the major funders of that research.
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- [Voiceover] Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome to the stage,
Heart Hero Jason Bilcock,
his wife Brandy,
and their children Martha and Gray.
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- [Voiceover] It's my hope that through this life-saving
measures of the American Heart Association,
I'll see the day when no family member has to come from
a hospital or traumatic event and (drowned out by music).
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