As many of my friends know, on September 8, 2025 at about 7:30 a.m. I dropped dead from Cardiac Arrest in the Albany International Airport. Fortunately, Michelle and Brady, two of the attendants at the Southwest Airlines Baggage Check saw me collapse and sprang into action and along with two of the Security Personnel administered "Hands Only" CPR and zapped me back to life with an AED. I'm told that I was out for 4 minutes. The good news is that I now have an ICD Implanted Cardiac Defibrillator to both pace my heart and defibrillate me if necessary. Two weeks after the incident, I was back out in the Catskills for a 6.2 mile hike and I've been hiking twice a week ever since.
9 out of 10 people who suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital die. In most of those cases, bystander CPR was not performed. But we can change this.
Cardiac arrests happen at work, in homes, on athletic fields and in neighborhoods everywhere, and the readiness of our community can be the difference between life and death.
It's time to unite, take action, and save lives. Every dollar donated, means more people trained in lifesaving CPR, more research and more lifesaving moments for everyone. Together, we can turn bystanders into lifesavers.
I Walk to Save Lives. Help me reach my goal today.​