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Good Karma
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Feb. 6) - A teenager recently got the chance to thank the woman who saved his life - by saving hers.
The 17-year-old successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver on the choking woman in the restaurant where he was washing dishes. Then his mother recognized the woman as the nurse who performed CPR on him in 1999 after he was struck in the chest by a baseball bat.
More than a week after the Jan. 27 incident, Kevin Stephan and Penny Brown are still surprised by the coincidence.
"It was meant to happen," said Stephan, now a volunteer firefighter. "I'm Catholic, and I believe the Lord kind of set things up."
As for Brown, she says, "One good turn deserves another."
The intensive-care nurse at Buffalo General Hospital says she can't think too much about the situation "without being freaked" by it.
On Saturday, the two met again at the Bowmansville Fire Hall where Stephan is a junior firefighter. He presented her with a bouquet of flowers, and his parents were also there to greet Brown.
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