Jordan Schoen, a former Blind Brook student, is pushing for all schools to have a cardiac emergency response plan after his own life was saved by an ER doctor and two off-duty police officers when he went into sudden cardiac arrest while playing basketball at Pelham Memorial High School in 2017.

Schoen, who was fortunate to have received immediate medical attention, is now advocating for schools to have regular trainings and protocols in place to respond to sudden cardiac arrests.

"We have fire drills in case there's a fire, and when I was in high school, we did it multiple times a year," Schoen said. "Sudden cardiac arrest statistically happens more often than fires at these schools, yet there isn't training and regular training for people to be aware of what to do in those situations."

Schoen was joined in Albany by advocates from the American Heart Association to push for the implementation of cardiac emergency response plans in schools.