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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

San Diego man miraculously survives cardiac arrest after 70 minutes of CPR

Screenshot / Fox 5 San Diego

A San Diego man who went into cardiac arrest had a remarkable recovery after he was kept alive by his grandson, emergency responders, and hospital staff who performed CPR for 70 minutes to save his life.

David Mills, 67, left doctors in shock after surviving odds of lower than one per cent after suffering a heart attack in his Southern California home, where his 25-year-old grandson leaped into action and spent more than an hour attempting to resuscitate him alongside 911 dispatchers and hospital staff.

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