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Starting a stopped heart

What started as an ordinary day turned unimaginable for UF professor Dr. Steve Pearton when he collapsed in the Reitz Union while eating lunch with his colleagues. Watch and find out how a team of students, police officers and healthcare workers helped save the life of the dying professor.

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