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Nearly 4,000 volunteers gathered at Acrisure Stadium to learn lifesaving CPR skills in under an hour, shattering a Guinness World Record. Among the trainers was Spencer Davis, a young man teaching the very skill that saved his life just 19 months earlier.
When 8-month-old Kit stopped breathing after choking in her high chair, her mom Sadie Robertson performed CPR and saved her life. The "Duck Dynasty" star is now urging parents to learn emergency lifesaving skills.
Thirty future firefighters from across Northeast Tennessee are training together to master lifesaving skills in a regional academy. The 12-week program brings together trainees from 10 departments to practice real fire scenarios in a safe environment. #
Across Hawaii, Guam, and American Samoa, volunteers make up more than 90% of the Red Cross workforce, creating a multigenerational culture of service. Meet the Alarcon family, where parents and two Gen Z kids teach lifesaving skills together.
From Gen Z teens to Silent Generation veterans, 170 Wyoming volunteers are proving compassion knows no age limit at the American Red Cross. Five generations are working side by side to deliver disaster relief and lifesaving skills to their neighbors.
A Pennsylvania township is building a state-of-the-art training facility so volunteer firefighters can sharpen lifesaving skills without leaving their community. The $450,000 center represents a bold investment in the heroes who protect 2,700 emergency calls every year.
Almost 20,000 North Carolinians learned lifesaving CPR skills in a single day as part of a world record attempt and medical research trial. The mass training could help save thousands of lives from cardiac arrest, America's leading cause of death.
Firefighters in Natrona County, Wyoming, just completed intensive ice rescue training, plunging into freezing water to master lifesaving skills. They're now ready to save lives when winter emergencies strike.
Duke Health is attempting to break the world record by teaching 30,000 people hands-only CPR in a single day. The massive training event could help save countless lives from sudden cardiac arrest.
When massive vehicles crash, every second counts in saving lives. Houston River Fire Department traveled to Southwest Louisiana to share lifesaving skills with local firefighters.
When a hockey fan collapsed during a Golden Knights game, a quick-thinking registered nurse jumped into action with CPR. Thanks to her lifesaving skills, the woman survived cardiac arrest and the three women involved recently reunited to celebrate life.