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Anna Leal
HEC
Lamont Cline, Desmond Flores, Jason Horner, Cary Hunter, George Kiss, Richard Sepulveda, Delance Shaw, Jacob Swasta, Jarad Wire, Kevin Wright, Richard Yepes
Fire
For weeks, Maria Gonzalez’s husband complained about jaw pain. Then, after mowing the grass one afternoon, he collapsed in the front yard.

Gonzalez’s son called 911. Anna Leal answered the call and calmly gave Gonzalez's son instructions for performing CPR, Gonzalez said. The CPR kept her husband stable until an emergency medical services squad arrived minutes later.

“Once I saw the firefighters, I just knew he would be all right,” Gonzalez said.
Squad members revived her husband’s pulse and transported him to a hospital, where he underwent double bypass surgery.

Two months later, the Gonzalezes celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary.