Kolin Frank was jogging near the marina in Kaneohe, Oahu, when he collapsed. Bystanders started calling for help, which got the attention of Navy medical worker Rachel Arriola. She checked Frank’s pulse, there was none. He was unresponsive, and she was the only one that knew CPR. For ten minutes, Arriola performed chest compressions on Frank, desperately trying to get blood pumping in his body again. “I would not stop at all,” she said.
Paramedics arrived and Frank was taken to the hospital. He had had a massive heart attack, but it was Arriola’s quick thinking and CPR that kept him alive. He made a full recovery.
Arriola has been a Navy veteran for 16 years, and this is the first time that she has ever had to do CPR. She visited Frank and his family in the hospital, and will never forget that day at the marina.
