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Father Raising Money For AEDs After Long Island Coaches Save Son's Life
Nearly a year after the quick thinking of Long Island coaches saved the life of a student who went into cardiac arrest, the teen’s father is honoring the school and raising awareness about the importance of AEDs. On Dec. 6, 2022, Patrick Kellachan received a call that he said would become “forever be cemented” in his brain: “PJ has been stabilized and is breathing with the assistance of a respirator.” His then-17-year-old son, PJ, had collapsed during basketball practice at Chaminade High School in Mineola, suffering a seizure and eventually going into cardiac arrest. Earlier Re…
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'Very Grateful': LI Coaches Honored For Saving HS Basketball Player Who Collapsed On Court
Three quick-thinking high school coaches on Long Island are getting the hero's treatment for saving a basketball player’s life after he collapsed on the court. The terrifying ordeal happened Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Chaminade High School in Mineola, school officials said. Seventeen-year-old varsity player PJ Kellachan was heading to the sideline following a drill when he suddenly collapsed and began suffering a seizure. The 17-year-old eventually stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest. “I remember being on the court, but then my mind kind of blacks out,” Kellachan told reporters at a…