Y Co-Workers' Training Saved His Life
By Joe Habina, Charlotte Observer
On Thursday, Matthew McAulay will make a phone call to an old friend, Kathy Kuras, who lives in Chicago. They'll catch up and talk about when they both worked at the Lake Norman YMCA.
McAulay calls Kuras every Sept. 2. That's the date in 2006 when Kuras helped save his life.
A part-time sports official at the time, McAulay suffered what was called a "sudden cardiac death" during a pickup soccer game at the YMCA. Kuras was one of the Y staffers who helped administer CPR and shock McAulay with an automated external defibrillator to keep him alive until the ambulance arrived.
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