Looking forward to spending more time with his wife, his kids, and his grandkids. Not long after, however, he went into cardiac arrest while driving his car. Fortunately, two good Samaritans were driving by at the time, saw Garland's car go off the road and into a tree, called 911, and performed CPR until paramedics and police arrived. In total, 13 people worked on Garland for an agonizing 18 minutes to restart his heart. It turned out that the electrical failure in Garland's heart was the result of a birth defect, one that required open heart surgery to fix. (15:32–15:44)
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Asserts that two good Samaritans performed CPR on Mike Garland after his car went off the road and into a tree.
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