[metalurgist]

Yeah, there's this local woman whose 14-year-old son died of cardiac arrest while running and she just won't stop trying to persuade schools and public venues to buy AEDs. She even had the gall to persuade a local health care company to donate 38 of the things to high schools and had the temerity to appear on TV to talk about it!!! I mean, what business does she have trying to get folks to do that? She should

14 year old kids die how many times a year in this country while running? She wants the school to waste resources because her kid died. Tell her to take a hike.

[Gone GF]

"14 year old kids die how many times a year in this country while running? She wants the school to waste resources because her kid died. Tell her to take a hike."

Yep, I know this stuff never happens, even though my daughter died at age 18 from cardiac arrest after running track and XC for 7 years and earning 12 high school letters. No signs of trouble before it happened. In fact, if you'd bother to do a search, you'd find this isn't unusual. And even if the AEDs don't help a young athlete, they'd very likely help an older fan in the gym.

Sorry for exploiting my grief here, though. Quite thoughtless of me.