Tim and Laurie Mulligan learn hands-on CPR from Toledo firefighter Jason Hart during Save the Beat CPR training at the Seagate Centre in Toledo, Ohio
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Tim Mulligan holds an autographed Save the Beat sign while his wife, Laurie Mulligan talks with Evelyn Johnson during the Save the Beat event. Evelyn's kids are from left: Dedra, 12, Derrion, 7, and Erica, 13.
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Laurie Mulligan hugs Evelyn Johnson during the Save the Beat event. Walking past is Kelly Sheridan. Laurie and Kelly are Mayor Collins' daughters, and Johnson is the one who did CPR on him after his accident.
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Moly Pope, of Toledo, a nursing student at the University of Toledo, listens as the co-organizers discuss how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED) and how important the AED's are in workplaces.
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Simeon Russell, 15, a student at Toledo School for the Arts, gets some coaching from Mandy Ausmus, of CPR Ready.
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12-year-old Samoria Russell, of Toledo, left, a student at Toledo School for the Arts, and her older sister Sarabe Russell, 19, right, a student at Owens Community College, practicing CPR. They received instruction from Renae Montri, of CPR Ready, center
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Rebecca Bone, of Toledo, second from right, and Aaron Plante, of Waterville, listen to a video on CPR. The practice dummies were set out through out the hall, most on mats provide by Scott High School for the event.
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Beth Kerstetter, second from right, and Megan Tucholski, third from left, teach CPR.
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Barb Henderson, of Maumee, left, and Sue Chaplin, of Toledo, right, listen as Beth Kerstetter, second from left, and Megan Tucholski, third from left, teach CPR.
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Andre Wright, 12, a student at Jefferson Junior High School, left, practices abdominal thrusts on his cousin, Kendrick Mosley, also of Toledo. The technique is used to force the expelling of an object is someone is choking.
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