A 16-year-old athlete from Cumberland County gave a medical device to his speed skating team to make sure his friends and teammates are safe at the rink. He gives with his whole heart despite having a serious medical condition. Read more…
Archive: March, 2017
10-Year-Old SCA Survivor Teaches CPR
Two months after fighting for his life in a hospital after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest, 10 year-old Poukihi Awai is now learning how to save the lives of others. Poukihi learned CPR on Monday. It is a technique used on him just two months ago to help save his life. Poukihi’s father says tonight’s […]
South Dakota becomes 36th state to require CPR to graduate high school
South Dakota is now one of 36 states and Washington, D.C., that require high school students to be taught CPR based on American Heart Association guidelines. In those states combined, more than 2.1 million public high school students each year will have been trained in CPR. The new law takes effect with the 2017-2018 school […]
The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows

My name is Mike Daggy and I would call my life relatively “normal” up to 2005. However, normality is no longer an acquaintance of mine. I am about to share a highly personal story; in the hopes that it offers hope/support to people whom have walked in familiar shoes as mine and their families. My […]
Bystanders help save high school basketball player after cardiac arrest
Monday night in Epping started out as any other for the Nute High School boys basketball teams. It didn’t end that way. In the third quarter of the junior varsity game, Nute freshman Rhys Daigle went into a cardiac event. Over the next 15 minutes, extraordinary lengths were taken to save his life. After he […]