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Kennesaw resident Dave Beck thinks he probably would have died if there hadn’t been an AED nearby.

“I think about it a lot. I think to myself, I am so blessed that I got the opportunity to tell my daughter, ‘That was a close one, and I love you a bunch,” he said. “I wouldn't have got to do it if that AED was not there. I'd be dead.”

On Aug. 25, 2023, Beck was playing tennis at a charity tournament when he collapsed on the court after suffering a cardiac arrest. Apart from feeling tired, there was no warning that his life would suddenly hang in the balance.

“I picked up a ball, and I started walking off the court, and I said, ‘Give me a minute,’” he said. “And I collapsed just like a ton of bricks, right down. That is all I remember.”

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