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Son's Death Sparks Mom's Crusade

June 5, 2008,
AOL
Posted: 2008-06-06 13:39:55
Filed Under: Health News, Nation News
Jill Levine's 9-year-old son, Robbie, was running the bases at Little League practice one moment and dying of heart failure the next.

"I knew that [Robbie] could have had a chance if there was a defibrillator," says Levine, who now crusades for the cardiac devices to be on hand at youth sports events.

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