Basic CPR skills help area mom save son’s life (source: Mooresville Tribune)

“We have large windows so I could see them the whole time,” she said. “I glanced up and I saw that Harper looked like he was climbing back up the slide. When I looked again, he still hadn’t moved, which was strange, so I raced outside to check on him.” A swinging rope on a play set had gotten wrapped around his neck and when Rebecca reached him, Harper was blue and unresponsive. “He was unconscious and I started screaming for someone to help, but a neighbor was mowing the lawn so no one could hear me,” she said. “I didn’t think I could get the rope off because it was on there so tightly, but I finally got it off and ran with him to the house to get the phone.” As a former lifeguard, Rebecca said some of the basics of CPR came flooding back to her as she dialed 911. Click here to read full story.