Young Salem cardiac arrest victim recovering

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SALEM – A 12-year-old boy who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at basketball practice earlier this month is out of the hospital and recovering at home.

Isaac Arzate had surgery to fix a previously undetected heart problem, after he collapsed at practice at a Salem elementary school January 6. His coaches called 911 and preformed CPR until paramedics arrived. Arzate had a simple message for his first responders.

“Just thank you for doing that, because it saved my life,” he said.

Arzate’s mother said the past few weeks have been a mixture of faith and fear.

“I don’t think I really believed anything bad was going to happen,” said Lindsay Wiens. “Then there

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