Around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, near Southeast Division and 11th Avenue, a 911 call came in about a 23-year-old woman in cardiac arrest.
Katie Anders and her sister Rachel Kennedy were walking out of a restaurant on Division when they noticed the woman who needed help. Rachel is a registered nurse, so she sprang into action.
“I knew she was dying, so I tried to do a little mouth to mouth, I couldn't get any air in, so I tried compressions and she didn't fight me, so I knew she was, first, you know, I checked for a pulse and couldn't find one, I started compressions and my sister called 911,” Kennedy explained.
A police officer also arrived and helped with CPR.
Two minutes after the 911 call, a two-person crew from Fire Station 23 got there. But instead of taking over, firefighters asked the officer to keep doing CPR, so they could start advanced life-saving measures.