Jared Marchbanks
Ballplayer steals one on death: Fullerton College trainers credited with saving baseball player's life.
By Barbara Giasone, The Orange County Register
When Fullerton College athlete Jared Marchbanks lost consciousness and hit the pavement face first in a campus parking lot 14 days ago, death was coming at him fast.
But something extraordinary happened instead.
Two colleagues in the right place at the right time - both trained in resuscitation - came to Marchbanks' aid. Later, a new state-of the art system to induce hypothermia at St. Jude Medical Center preserved the student's nervous system and brain.