‘No heartbeat for 8 minutes:’ Man dies at Orange Park church, brought back by first responders and Good Samaritan

A man who suffered a heart attack was technically dead for almost ten minutes, according to first responders, before he was brought back to life.

“I had no breath, and no heartbeat for eight minutes,” Eddie Floyd said. “They pulled me out of the chair and laid me right here on this concrete.”

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Floyd was sitting in his regular spot for Sunday Service at Journey Church on October 6, when his heart began beating fast and faster.

He said he looked over at his wife and told her she was the greatest thing that ever happened to him and he loved her. Then, he said he passed out. But, he was suffering from a heart attack.

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“I was like we gotta get him on the ground. We gotta start CPR,” Keira Hicks recalled.

Hicks became CPR certified three years ago for her job as a certified nursing assistant. That Sunday was the first time she put it to the test.

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