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A Girl Scout helped save the life of a 73-year-old soccer player by teaching her dad CPR

A Girl Scout helped save the life of a 73-year-old soccer player by teaching her dad CPR
THAT MAN BACK TO LIFE. THANK YOU. OKAY, 73 YEAR OLD BOB SIMINOFF SAYS IF IT WASN’T FOR THIS SPUNKY GIRL SCOUT, WE FIRST SAY, HEY, HEY, HEY, ARE YOU OKAY? HE WOULDN’T BE HERE TODAY. I OWE MY LIFE TO THIS YOUNG LADY CHILD. ACTUALLY, IF IT WASN’T FOR HER, I PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED. WE PUT OUR HANDS HERE, AND THEN WE PUT ALL OUR EFFORT IN TO DO CPR. 12 YEAR OLD LAYLA LAMB JOINED GIRL SCOUTS WHEN SHE WAS IN KINDERGARTEN, AND FROM ALL HER EARNED PATCHES, SHE’S BEEN BUSY LEARNING NEW SKILLS LIKE CPR. I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LEARN CPR BECAUSE LIKE JUST IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, WE HAVE TO LIKE, DO SOMETHING AND. WE DON’T WANT TO JUST, LIKE, LET THEM DIE AS PART OF THE GIRL SCOUTS PROGRAM. THEY GET TO TAKE HOME A CPR DUMMY TO PRACTICE. SHE WAS SHOWING US, INCLUDING HER BROTHER AND SISTER, MOM, DAD, UM, SHOWING US HOW TO DO CPR ON THE DUMMY. LAYLA’S DAD LEARNED WHEN YOU HEAR THE CLICK, YOU KNOW YOU’RE DOING THE COMPRESSIONS CORRECTLY. BOB WAS PLAYING A PICKUP SOCCER GAME LIKE HE DOES EVERY WEEK, AND HAS FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS, WHEN SUDDENLY HE COLLAPSED RIGHT ON THE FIELD. APPARENTLY, I HAD A HEART ATTACK. IT WAS NOT. BREATHING. UM, AND WE JUST REALIZED THAT WE JUST GOT TO START CPR IMMEDIATELY. IBRAHIM MADERA WAS ALSO ON THE FIELD AND WATCHED HIS FRIEND GO DOWN. HE AND ANOTHER PLAYER TOOK TURNS DOING CPR. I NOTICED THAT HE WASN’T PUSHING HARD ENOUGH BECAUSE I JUST HAD THAT JUST THAT MOMENT, RIGHT? A FEW WEEKS BACK WHERE IT WAS LIKE, LAYLA, YOU NEED TO PRESS HARD. THANKS TO HIS DAUGHTER’S DESIRE TO HELP OTHERS, IBRAHIM KNEW HOW TO SAVE HIS FRIEND. THERE AREN’T WORDS. I MEAN, I THANK THESE GUYS EVERY DAY FOR DOING WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN SACRAMENTO MICHELLE BANDUR KCRA THREE NEWS NOW BOB SIMONOFF DID GET THREE BROKEN RIBS FROM THE CPR, BUT HE’S RECOVERED. AND BACK TO PLAYING SOCCER THREE TIMES A WEEK.
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A Girl Scout helped save the life of a 73-year-old soccer player by teaching her dad CPR
Girl Scouts learn valuable life lessons every year, from how to build a business to saving a life by using CPR.That life lesson helped save a Roseville, California, man.Bob Simonoff, 73, said if it wasn't for a spunky Girl Scout, he wouldn't be here today.He met Laila for the first time on Wednesday."I owe my life to this young lady, child actually, that if it wasn’t for her, I would not have survived," Simonoff said.He's talking about Laila Lamdoura, 12, who joined Girl Scouts when she was in kindergarten. From the look of all her earned patches on her vest, she's been busy learning new skills, like CPR."I think it’s important for us to learn CPR, just in case of an emergency," she said. "We have to do something. We don’t want to just let him die."Girl Scouts Heart of Central California brings in Elizabeth Hughes to teach CPR classes four times a year. She's with CPR with Heart."I think it's empowering more than anything," Hughes said. Hughes said Anthem Blue Cross donates CPR kits, with dummies to the girls so they can take them home and practice."She was showing us, her brothers, sister, mom, dad and how to do CPR on the dummy," said Laila's father, Ibrahim Lamdoura.He said he learned when you hear the click on the dummy, you know you're doing the compressions hard enough and correctly.Simonoff and Ibrahim Lamdoura know each other from pick-up soccer games in Roseville, which is in the Sacramento Metropolitan Area. One day during a game, Simonoff collapsed right on the field."Apparently, I was having a heart attack," Simonoff said. "He was not breathing," Ibrahim Lamdoura said. "We realized we got to start CPR immediately." Lamdoura watched his friend go down. He and another player took turns performing CPR."I noticed he wasn’t pushing hard enough," he said, "I just had that moment a few weeks back with Laila and that you need to press hard."Lamdoura and the other players kept Simonoff alive while the paramedics were on their way.They broke three of his ribs, and Hughes said that's OK and meant the men were performing CPR the right way. Thanks to his daughter's desire to help others, Ibrahim Lamadour knew how to save his friend."If she hadn't started practicing CPR, her dad wouldn't have started, and I wouldn't be here," Simonoff said.Simonoff is back to playing soccer three times a week instead of five.Laila Lamadour earned even more patches to put on her Girl Scout vest.

Girl Scouts learn valuable life lessons every year, from how to build a business to saving a life by using CPR.

That life lesson helped save a Roseville, California, man.

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Bob Simonoff, 73, said if it wasn't for a spunky Girl Scout, he wouldn't be here today.

He met Laila for the first time on Wednesday.

"I owe my life to this young lady, child actually, that if it wasn’t for her, I would not have survived," Simonoff said.

He's talking about Laila Lamdoura, 12, who joined Girl Scouts when she was in kindergarten. From the look of all her earned patches on her vest, she's been busy learning new skills, like CPR.

"I think it’s important for us to learn CPR, just in case of an emergency," she said. "We have to do something. We don’t want to just let him die."

Girl Scouts Heart of Central California brings in Elizabeth Hughes to teach CPR classes four times a year. She's with CPR with Heart.

"I think it's empowering more than anything," Hughes said.

Hughes said Anthem Blue Cross donates CPR kits, with dummies to the girls so they can take them home and practice.

"She was showing us, her brothers, sister, mom, dad and how to do CPR on the dummy," said Laila's father, Ibrahim Lamdoura.

He said he learned when you hear the click on the dummy, you know you're doing the compressions hard enough and correctly.

Simonoff and Ibrahim Lamdoura know each other from pick-up soccer games in Roseville, which is in the Sacramento Metropolitan Area. One day during a game, Simonoff collapsed right on the field.

"Apparently, I was having a heart attack," Simonoff said.

"He was not breathing," Ibrahim Lamdoura said. "We realized we got to start CPR immediately."

Lamdoura watched his friend go down. He and another player took turns performing CPR.

"I noticed he wasn’t pushing hard enough," he said, "I just had that moment a few weeks back with Laila and that you need to press hard."

Lamdoura and the other players kept Simonoff alive while the paramedics were on their way.

They broke three of his ribs, and Hughes said that's OK and meant the men were performing CPR the right way.

Thanks to his daughter's desire to help others, Ibrahim Lamadour knew how to save his friend.

"If she hadn't started practicing CPR, her dad wouldn't have started, and I wouldn't be here," Simonoff said.

Simonoff is back to playing soccer three times a week instead of five.

Laila Lamadour earned even more patches to put on her Girl Scout vest.