Sara Khari

Yes. Okay, so this is a story that starts in the middle of the night a few months ago in Waco, Texas, when a man named John Lowe is startled awake.

Yes. Okay, so this is a story that starts in the middle of the night a few months ago in Waco, Texas, when a man named John Lowe is startled awake.

Yes. Okay, so this is a story that starts in the middle of the night a few months ago in Waco, Texas, when a man named John Lowe is startled awake.

He turns his head and he realizes it's coming from his wife, Angie, who's lying next to him in bed.

He turns his head and he realizes it's coming from his wife, Angie, who's lying next to him in bed.

He turns his head and he realizes it's coming from his wife, Angie, who's lying next to him in bed.

He has this horrible realization that his wife is likely having some kind of cardiac arrest. And for an instant, he does what any of us would do. He freezes.

He has this horrible realization that his wife is likely having some kind of cardiac arrest. And for an instant, he does what any of us would do. He freezes.

He has this horrible realization that his wife is likely having some kind of cardiac arrest. And for an instant, he does what any of us would do. He freezes.

John told me that not long before this moment, just a few weeks before, he had heard an episode we released called How to Save a Life, in which doctor slash Radiolab correspondent Avira Mitra told everyone about a new way of doing CPR.

John told me that not long before this moment, just a few weeks before, he had heard an episode we released called How to Save a Life, in which doctor slash Radiolab correspondent Avira Mitra told everyone about a new way of doing CPR.

John told me that not long before this moment, just a few weeks before, he had heard an episode we released called How to Save a Life, in which doctor slash Radiolab correspondent Avira Mitra told everyone about a new way of doing CPR.

Of course, there is a particular method to it. Definitely listen to the episode for more on how to do it. But the idea is there's no mouth-to-mouth, there's no counting breaths, just pushing on the chest.

Of course, there is a particular method to it. Definitely listen to the episode for more on how to do it. But the idea is there's no mouth-to-mouth, there's no counting breaths, just pushing on the chest.

Of course, there is a particular method to it. Definitely listen to the episode for more on how to do it. But the idea is there's no mouth-to-mouth, there's no counting breaths, just pushing on the chest.

Now, John had actually heard about this technique a couple months earlier when he was in a CPR training at work.

Now, John had actually heard about this technique a couple months earlier when he was in a CPR training at work.

Now, John had actually heard about this technique a couple months earlier when he was in a CPR training at work.

So he told me that that night with Angie.

So he told me that that night with Angie.