Boston Marathon runner reunites with life-saving nurse, launches heart health nonprofit [Video]

AMAZING STORY. EMILY. WELL, ED MARIA. IT WAS HERE AT TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER THAT THAT RUNNER MET A NURSE WHO WOULD BECOME A LIFELONG FRIEND. NOW THE TWO ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO SAVE LIVES. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. IT’S THE FIRST TIME MEGAN ROTH HAS BEEN BACK TO TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER SINCE GOING INTO CARDIAC ARREST. WHILE RUNNING THE 2021 BOSTON MARATHON. MEGAN, AN ELITE RUNNER, KNEW SOMETHING WAS OFF WHEN SHE WAS RUNNING. I FELT LIKE MY BODY WAS JUST, LIKE, REALLY OVERWORKING, AND IT WAS SO EARLY IN THE RACE WHERE I’M LIKE, THERE’S NO REASON WHY THIS PACE SHOULD FEEL SO HARD RIGHT NOW. BETWEEN MILES SEVEN AND EIGHT, SHE COLLAPSED GOING INTO CARDIAC ARREST. A FELLOW RUNNER AND A NURSE WATCHING JUMPED IN TO HELP, DOING CPR UNTIL MEDICS ARRIVED. I WOULDN’T BE HERE IF IT WASN’T FOR THEM, REALLY. ONLY 11% OF PEOPLE WHO …