In t?? mi?st ?? ? ???in? ?i?? t??t c?ns?m?? ? ??mil?’s ??m?, ? ???v? ?i???i??t?? ??????m?? ?n ?ct ?? ????ism t??t n?t ?nl? s?v?? t?? li?? ?? ? ??l?v?? ??? ??t ?ls? t??c??? t?? ????ts ?? ?ll w?? witn?ss?? it. T?is is t?? st??? ?? ? ??? ??sc??? ???m ? ?i??, w?? is still ?liv? t???? t??nks t? t?? li??-s?vin? CPR ??????m?? ?? ? ???ic?t?? ?i???i??t??.

T?? ?i?? ??? ????t?? s????nl? ?n? wit? ????t ????cit?, l??vin? ? ??mil? t?????? insi?? t??i? ???nin? ??m?. Am?n? t??m w?s t??i? l???l ?n? ??l?v?? ???, B????, w?? ??? ???n ?n ins??????l? ???t ?? t??i? liv?s ??? ????s. As t?? ?l?m?s ???w m??? int?ns?, B????’s ??mil? ??s????t?l? t?i?? t? ???c? ?im, ??t t?? ?i??’s ???t ?n? sm?k? m??? it im??ssi?l?.

T?? ?i???i??t??s ???iv?? ?n t?? sc?n?, t??i? ????ts ???v? wit? t?? kn?wl???? t??t ? li??, ??t? ??m?n ?n? c?nin?, ??n? in t?? ??l?nc?. Am?n? t??m w?s C??t?in Al?x, ? s??s?n?? ?i???i??t?? wit? ????s ?? ?x???i?nc?. H? kn?w t??t ?v??? s?c?n? c??nt??.

As C??t?in Al?x ?nt???? t?? ???nin? ??il?in?, ?? s??n l?c?t?? B????, w?? w?s ?nc?nsci??s ?n? st????lin? t? ????t?? ??? t? t?? t?ick sm?k?. Wit???t ??sit?ti?n, C??t?in Al?x sc????? ?? t?? li??l?ss ??? ?n? m??? ?is w?? ??ck ??tsi?? t? s???t?.

It w?s t????, in t?? mi?st ?? t?? c???s ?n? ?l?m?s, t??t C??t?in Al?x ????n t? ??????m CPR ?n B????. H? ??minist???? c??st c?m???ssi?ns ?n? ??ti?ici?l ??s?i??ti?n, ti??l?ssl? w??kin? t? ??in? t?? ??? ??ck ???m t?? ??ink ?? ???t?.

tіm? s??m?? t? st?n? still ?s C??t?in Al?x c?ntin??? ?is ?????ts, kn?wіп? t??t B????’s li?? ????n??? ?n ?is skill ?n? ??t??min?ti?n. T?? ?t??? ?i???i??t??s, ?l?n? wit? B????’s ?nxi??s ??mil?, w?tc??? in ??????l ?ntici??ti?n.

A?t?? w??t ??lt lik? ?n ?t??nit?, t???? w?s ? mi??c?l??s m?m?nt—t?? ??int?st si?n ?? li??. B????’s c??st ??s?, ?n? ?? l?t ??t ? w??k c????, ?s i? t? si?n?l ?is ??t??n t? t?? w??l?. C??t?in Al?x’s ?????ts ??? s?cc?????, ?n? B???? w?s ?liv?.

B???? w?s ??s??? t? ? n????? v?t??in??? ??s?it?l, w???? ?? ??c?iv?? ???t??? m??ic?l c??? t? t???t ?is inj??i?s ?n? sm?k? in??l?ti?n. A??inst ?ll ???s, ?? m??? ? ??m??k??l? ??c?v???. T?? ??n? ??tw??n B???? ?n? C??t?in Al?x, ?????? in t?? mi?st ?? ? li??-t????t?nin? ?i??, ??c?m? ?n ?n????k??l? c?nn?cti?n.

T????, B???? is n?t ?nl? ?liv? ??t t??ivin?, ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ???v??? ?n? ???ic?ti?n ?? C??t?in Al?x ?n? ?is ??ll?w ?i???i??t??s. T??i? s?l?l?ss ?cti?ns s?v?? n?t ?nl? ? ??? ??t ? c???is??? m?m??? ?? ? ??mil?.

T?? st??? ?? t?? ??? ??sc??? ???m ? ?i??, still ?liv? t??nks t? CPR ??????m?? ?? ? ?i???i??t??, s??v?s ?s ? ??w????l ??min??? ?? t?? ?nw?v??in? c?????? ?n? c?m??ssi?n ?? t??s? w?? ??t t??i? liv?s ?n t?? lin? t? s?v? ?t???s, w??t??? ??m?n ?? ?nim?l. It is ? st??? ?? ????, ??sili?nc?, ?n? t?? ??????n? im??ct t??t ?n? in?ivi???l’s ?cti?ns c?n ??v? in t?? ??c? ?? ??v??sit?.