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Jenny Simpson says bystanders’ CPR and a portable AED saved her life

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published September 7, 2026 · Rich Roll Podcast · She Ran in 3 Olympics. Now She May Never Run Again
Jenny Simpson says bystanders’ CPR and a portable AED saved her life
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She Ran in 3 Olympics. Now She May Never Run Again

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"So Joey ran to the car cuz they had an AED, a portable AED, and uh ran back and chest compressions and the AD um they saved my life."

Jenny Simpson says bystanders at a race recognised she was in cardiac arrest and began chest compressions. She says Fleet Feet executive Joey Pointer retrieved a portable AED kept for his son’s track team, and that CPR and the AED saved her life.

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Jenny Simpson · guest
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She Ran in 3 Olympics. Now She May Never Run Again
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