Basketball coaches use CPR to revive student who collapsed during Locust Valley middle and high school tryouts

NASSAU COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) -- Basketball coaches on Long Island are crediting their CPR training for saving a boy's life when one of their students collapsed during tryouts.

Coaching high school basketball requires a particular skillset. Not everything is under the job description.

"You're dealing with young kids that you're trying to help teach how the world works through athletics, and that's fun and difficult at the same time," said Locust Valley High School head basketball coach Andrew Siegel.

It's difficult when the game is on the line, but there's no skill more valuable than knowing what to do when life is on the line... the life of someone else's child.

"We quickly realized that something was definitely not right, and my coaches sprung into action," Siegel said.

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