Meanwhile, in the 'global village', this time in North Carolina;
On a basketball court at Winston-Salem Christian School, DeJohn (DJ) Blunt hit the floor.
"It was utter chaos - everyone was there running around with their heads in their hands...consoling one another".
"One of my friends ran in ... he's just beside himself crying, sobbing. And he's like, 'James, James, he's dead. We don't know what to do".
As luck would have it, CPR and first aid trained at school fellow students James Downie [Australia] and Szymon Koszyca [Poland] were around.
James Downie; " My first diagnosis was that he'd probably has a seizure because he was vomiting - he also had a locked jaw and there was bit of blood on the floor because he smacked his head."
"I brought him back after about one and a half rounds of chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth. That was a massive relief" he said.
"On the second round of mouth to mouth, he pushed the air back into me [and] I realised, 'oh he's back'" he said.
"I was telling (DJ), 'I'm going to get you through this, you're going to see your family again, you're going to see your mum again.'"
Paramedics arrived just as Mr Blunt regained consciousness for a third time.
Polish student and basketball player Szymon Koszyca started the chest compressions while Mr Downie sought a teacher' help.
"In Poland, every kid at every school has lessons in CPR so I think it should be an international thing", Mr Koszyca said.
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Mr Blunt, who had suffered a heart attack linked to an undiagnosed heart condition, was visited by his lifesavers in hospital one week later.
Nice photo.
Mr Downie said he spoke with Winston-Salem Christian School principal Bryan Wolf as he drove him to the hospital visit.
"I suggested to him that we should put up CPR posters and have a mandatory CPR class" he said.
He agreed straight away.
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