MARION COUNTY, Fla. – If there ever was a case of two people being in the right place at the right time, it happened Monday on West Highway 40 when Jason Keegen was having a heart attack.
Keegen was driving with his daughter near West Highway 40 and NW 27th Avenue in Ocala. He told his daughter he wasn't feeling well and thought it was just heartburn. Minutes later, while stopped at a light, he slumped over and passed out. It wasn't heartburn. It was a heart attack.
"My husband doesn't even go down that street," his wife, Rosemary Keegen, said. "He said that he was touching his chest and it didn't feel good."
Amy Somwaru and her husband were driving by when she noticed the scene. Being a nurse, she jumped into action and went to check on both Keegan and his daughter. When she saw he was unresponsive, she started doing CPR.
Somwaru doesn't think of herself as a hero.
"We have a saying, 'You are a nurse until you die, not when you clock in or clock out. You're a nurse 24/7," Somwaru said.
Minutes later, Marion County Deputy Alan Lee arrived and noticed Somwaru doing chest compressions. According to the incident report, Lee then took over and performed CPR until paramedics arrived.
The deputy's body camera video captured their life-saving actions.
"Everything happens for a reason," Lee said. "At this point in time this gentleman needed the right personnel at the right place at the right time and that's what he received."
Rosemary Keegen said she is so thankful that both Somwaru and Lee were at the right place at the right time.
"I feel like there was divine intervention, thank you Jesus! I owe these people my life I am so thankful," said Keegen. "They are absolute heroes."
Keegen is now recovering at home after being released from the hospital Thursday night. He said he and his wife want to do something special for the two people who helped save his life.