Two University of Michigan students are paying it forward one year after a near-death experience that changed both their lives forever.

Ethan King nearly lost his life after suffering a cardiac arrest while on a run on campus in August 2024 when he was a freshman. Now, he and the student who saved him are inspiring others to learn what to do in a similar situation.

"I was with a group of about 30 or so kids when all of a sudden, I stumbled and fell over and collapsed," King said.

Just 18 years old and in his first week at the University of Michigan, King suffered a cardiac arrest that he barely remembers.

"I don't really remember that day or the day before," King said.

Hannah Stovall, though, remembers it all too well.

"Ethan was blue, eyes rolled into the back of his head," Stovall

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