MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — It was a lifesaving reunion three weeks in the making.
Racquetball playing partners twice a week for 18 years at the Middle Tennessee State University Health, Wellness and Recreation Center, Richard Detmer and Raj Srivastava were in for quite a surprise as their final game wrapped up on Friday, Jan. 19.
Detmer, a retired MTSU Computer Science professor and department chair, collapsed.
“While he was falling down, he .
Murfreesboro, TN - Four Middle Tennessee State University students demonstrated remarkable courage and quick thinking when they saved the life of a retired professor who suffered sudden cardiac arrest at the campus recreation facility. Their prompt response, utilizing CPR and an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), revived Richard Detmer, a 72-year-old former professor, from the brink of death.
On the morning of January 25, Detmer was at the recreation center for his usual swim when .