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Milton Hershey student saves runner’s life

Milton Hershey student saves runner’s life
WEBVTT IN ONE MOMENT, YOUR ENTIRE LIFE CAN CHANGE. HOW YOU RESPOND CAN COME TO DEFINE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. A TEENAGER IS INTRODUCED TO US THAT ANSWERED THE CALL TO HELP SOMEONE IN NEED. A BRIDGE CONNECTS US. CONNECTS PLACES AND PEOPLE. IN THE CASE OF THIS BRIDGE, IT CONNECTS LIVES. I ALWAYS WANTED A PROGRAM WITH THE KIDS. AND I GO AS A MENTOR. JIM SMITH IS A HOUSE PARENT AT THE MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL WHERE RANDY IS IN HIS JUNIOR YEAR. I TOLD A MAN I WAS RUNNING WITH THAT I DIDN'T FEEL GOOD AND NEEDED TO STOP. HE TALKED TO A FRIEND ON THIS BRIDGE, JIM WENT DOWN AND RANDY WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. THE FIRST THING I THINK TO MYSELF, IS HE JOKING? I HAD NO PULSE WHEN I WENT DOWN. RANDY DIDN'T HESITATE USING THE TRAINING HE RECEIVED IN HEALTH CLASS. HE GAVE JIM C.P.R. WHILE OTHERS RAN FOR HELP. THEY ARE BASICALLY DYING AND I HAVE THE ABILITY TO HELP THEM, I WILL HELP THEM. GRATEFUL THAT HE USED EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS TAUGHT. PARAMEDICS ARRIVES MINUTES LATE. ONLY A FEW WEEKS LATER, HE'S HEADED FOR A FULL RECOVERY. I'M GRATEFUL FOR GOD FOR THE WAY HE'S WORKED IN MY LIFE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT IT IS HE HAS. HE KEPT ME AROUND FOR A REASON. I WAS GONE. PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME, YOU ARE A HERO. YOU FEEL LIKE A HERO? IT'S LIKE -- IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE THE GUY WHO IS THE HERO. THESE TWO HAVE A BOND THAT BRIDGES A LIFETIME. GREAT TO SEE YOU. GREAT TO SEE YOU, MAN. THE MILTON HERSHEY COMMUNITY IS PLANNING A RALLY FOR JIM AND RANDY. THEY WERE HONORED ON CAMPUS ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
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Milton Hershey student saves runner’s life
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