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Elissa Slotkin: “It turned out that the electrical failure in Garland's heart…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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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. Three months later, Garland was back up and running, quite literally on the treadmill. Not long after that, he honored all of those who helped save his life with an … (15:51–16:00)

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Asserts that the electrical failure in Mike Garland's heart was due to a birth defect requiring open heart surgery.

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