A Kansas family credits AED devices for saving their son's life nearly four years ago while playing baseball.
OLATHE, Kan — A Kansas family is speaking out following the collapse of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin.
Brennan Connell went into sudden cardiac arrest while pitching for Olathe West against Blue Valley Southwest in May 2019. Brian Connell said there were no warning signs at the time of the incident. "A lot of disbelief, a lot of shock,” Brian Connell said, “Watching a player go down brings back memories because I was there when my son collapsed on the pitcher's mound.”
Last year, the Connell family helped introduce a bill in Kansas, called the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act, which would require school information and policies to address sudden cardiac arrest in school athletic activities.
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