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A 911 dispatcher helped a California woman save her husband's life

Transcript¹

Nine months later, Annette and Steve Cline got the chance to reunite with the responders from the San Diego Fire Department who helped them that night.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

When 70-year-old Steve Cline's heart stopped...

STEVE CLINE: The love of my life saved my life.

MART?NEZ: Steve's wife Annette didn't have medical training. She called 911 for help. But before an ambulance arrived, she was still able to administer a lifesaving technique thanks to this.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

CHRIS COOK: We're going to do this pace over and over until the help takes over unless he wakes up and tells you to stop, OK?

ANNETTE CLINE: One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.

COOK: Good. Keep that rate up, and keep counting out loud.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

That's the voice of San Diego fire dispatcher Chris Cook coaching Annette in what's called hands-only CPR. The American Heart Association says it's just as effective as traditional CPR, but much easier for people like Annette to use.

A CLINE: I thank God for the support that I had on that night. That night - it was the beginning of a series of so many miracles.

MART?NEZ: Nine months later, Annette and Steve got the chance to reunite with the responders from the San Diego Fire Department who helped them that night, the fire captain and members of the ambulance crew and fire dispatcher Chris Cook.

COOK: It felt like I was embracing a family member.

MART?NEZ: Really skilled family members who were called on to resuscitate² him five times in just 43 minutes.

FADEL: Steve is now fully³ recovered, although Chris says none of the professionals would have been able to use their lifesaving techniques without Steve's wife being there first.

COOK: I got to talk to her for the first time. I'm like, I'm not the hero. The firefighters are not the hero. I said, you're the ultimate hero.

FADEL: And Annette - she expressed her gratitude⁴ to all the first responders with a gift of homemade chocolate chip cookies.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 resuscitate   

v.使复活，使苏醒

参考例句：

• A policeman and then a paramedic tried to resuscitate her.一名警察和一位护理人员先后试图救活她。
• As instructed by Rinpoche,we got the doctors to resuscitate him.遵照仁波切的指示，我们找来医生帮他进行急救。

3 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

4 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。