COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A 27-year-old Cookeville man is alive today because a CPR instructor happened to be in the right place at the right time during a medical emergency at a local TJ Maxx store.

Zach Porter collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest while shopping, with no memory of the terrifying incident that nearly claimed his life. Mike Brown, who was reluctantly accompanying his wife on a shopping trip, became Porter's lifesaver when he performed CPR until paramedics arrived.

"I didn't want to go TJ Maxx with my wife, but I did," Brown said. "And at the last minute, I decided to go in to herd her out of there. And there he was on the ground."

Brown, who not only knows CPR but teaches CPR courses, immediately sprang into action when he saw Porter unconscious on the floor.

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