Colorado Woman Credits Jury Duty With Saving Her Life

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People aren’t usually happy about having to go to jury duty, but Shirley Bennet is thanking God she was doing her civic duty one day last month. While the court was in recess, the 69-year-old juror stepped out into the hallway of the Arapahoe County Courthouse, suffered a heart attack and collapsed.

Fortunately for Bennet, she was quickly attended to by several well trained deputies and a district attorney who’s also a doctor. For nearly 10 minutes, deputies performed CPR on Bennet until paramedics arrived, took over and transported her to a nearby hospital. South Metro Fire Rescue’s medical director later said that Bennet wouldn’t have survived if it hadn’t been for that early intervention.

Last week, Bennet, who’s fully recovered from the episode, returned to the courthouse to thank the first responders who saved her life. More than a dozen of Arapahoe County’s finest were recognized for their efforts. Bennet knows how lucky she is to be alive and is thankful she was there that day. “I'll never complain about jury duty again," she says. Back in 1969, Bennet took her first CPR class and taught it for many years before she retired. And now she hopes her story will inspire others to learn CPR.

Source: 9 News


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