On Monday， George found himself with nothing to do. He decided to take a martial arts1 class. He discovered that some friends he knew were there， too. Allthree are off-duty first responders2. The martial arts class was going well at first，but things took a deadly turn for George. He collapsed3 on the floor. His friendsquickly learned he had no pulse4. They were able to perform CPR5 on George foreight minutes while waiting for doctors to arrive. Now， George is recovering6 and isexpected to be back home soon， something that might not have been possible had itnot been for his friends. That evening George could have decided to stay home. Ifhe had， he would have been alone. Two of his friends normally don’t take thatclass. They just so happened to decide to get in an extra workout that day.

周一，喬治發(fā)現(xiàn)自己無所事事。他決定去上武術課。他發(fā)現(xiàn)他認識的一些朋友也在那里。他們?nèi)硕际切莅嗟募本热藛T。起初武術課進行得很順利，但事情發(fā)生了致命的轉(zhuǎn)折。喬治突然倒在地板上。他的朋友們很快就發(fā)現(xiàn)他沒有了脈搏。在等待醫(yī)護人員到來的過程中，他們對喬治進行了八分鐘的心肺復蘇術。現(xiàn)在，喬治正在恢復中，預計很快就會回家，如果不是他的朋友們，這大概是不可能的。那天晚上喬治本可以決定待在家里。如果那樣，他會獨自一人。他的兩個朋友通常不上那門課。他們只是碰巧決定那天多鍛煉一下。

（英語原文選自：inspiremore.com）

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