Boston Police Officers Revive 83-Year-Old Community Activist During Meeting

By Beth Germano, CBS Boston

December 22, 2023

BOSTON - It was the right place at the right time for Boston police officers and fire department personnel. They rushed into action to save a woman's life during a community meeting back in October.

Few people in Mattapan don't know Myrtle Huggins, who works frequently on community issues with Boston police. "If it wasn't for them and the fire department, I wouldn't be here talking to you," she tells WBZ-TV.

Huggins remembers suddenly going into cardiac arrest right after she introduced the officers, who were there to discuss crime in the neighborhood, to those in attendance. "I went to sit down but went backwards," she said. "I remember hitting the floor and that was it."

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