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Eighth Grader Influences Life-Saving Law

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Williston, Vt. - A new Vermont law will help save lives and it started with one influential eighth grader.

When Tommy Watson started his eighth grade project with the goal of training 100 people in CPR, he had no idea it would lead to a law.

That law was signed by Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin at an assembly at Williston Central School on Wednesday. It gives all Vermont students the opportunity to learn CPR before they graduate from high school.

"It's pretty cool knowing that CPR does work. It's not just something that they say can help someone. It actually does work and it's proven," Watson said.

Cardiac arrest survivor Michelle Johnston can attest.

'I came home shopping one day, grocery shopping, and collapsed from sudden cardiac death. And my husband immediately reacted and called 9-1-1 and started CPR," Johnston said.

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