MIDDLE ISLAND (WABC) -- What started as a picnic on a beautiful day in Suffolk County suddenly took a frightening turn when a man went into cardiac arrest.

A group of officers immediately took action, giving him CPR and reviving him before he was taken to the hospital.

On Tuesday, that man was reunited with the officers who saved his life.

It could have gone very differently for 73-year-old Lenny Muzzillo.

"7 minutes seems like an eternity, believe it or not, watching this unfold," Brookhaven Senior Center Aide Maryanne Koepper said.

Bodycam footage from the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office showed 7 long minutes of CPR last month at the Brookhaven Town Senior Picnic.

"My heart just sank, and we all know CPR 2 minutes and that's it and apparently, for these guys, it was a miracle," Mu

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