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            My mother had just finished taking a CPR class at a local college when she and I were in the mall and saw a big crowd gathered around a still body.  Suddenly my mother took off running at a speed I didn’t know she could muster.  “Everyone back,” she yelled. “I know CPR!”  Just as she threw herself next to the body and was about to begin the procedure, a pair of strong hands pulled her to her feet.

            “Ma’am,” barked a police officer standing beside her, “we are trying to arrest this man.” - Talea Torres

Readers Digest, January 1997, page 64