Donna Martin, 73, was in her yard in Morgan County one day last summer when a wasp stung her.
Martin, a grandmother and active tennis player, suffered a severe allergic reaction. She soon went into cardiac arrest.
Her young granddaughter called 911. But both of the rural county’s ambulances were out on other calls. A volunteer firefighter arrived at Martin’s Madison home and administered CPR while they waited for an ambulance. The house was about a mile from Morgan Medical Center.
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