Chest protectors guard against deadly blows

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

WASHINGTON -- Jack Crowley was 15 when a baseball hit him in the chest and stopped his heart. The Long Island teen survived, thanks to a police officer who grabbed a defibrillator and shocked his heart back into rhythm.

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