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Flight attendant heroes: coffee, tea or a defibrillator?

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By Charisse Jones, USA TODAY
Roy Harris usually was able to fly straight home to Nashville.

But on a chilly day in late January, Harris, 57, found himself waiting for a connecting flight at Chicago's Midway Airport. He took off his coat. He reached for his BlackBerry.

The next thing Harris remembers, he was lying in a hospital, recovering from a massive heart attack. Sitting beside him was Rachael Jacobs, a flight attendant for Southwest (LUV), who, back at Midway, called for the defibrillator that ultimately saved Harris' life.

to read more, visit: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-10-05-flight-attendants-medical-aid_N.htm?csp=34

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