‘Celebrating my life:’ Chattanooga woman reunites with rescuers after near-fatal collapse

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A trip to the grocery store nearly turned deadly.

Now, weeks later, it turned into a celebration.

“We are celebrating my life,” Georganna Cooper said as she reunited with the first responders who helped save her.

Cooper collapsed March 19 in the parking lot of a Publix on Hixson Pike after suffering a severe medical emergency.

Officials say she had a bilateral pulmonary embolism, with a blood clot blocking her heart and causing acute heart failure…

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