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The mariners’ story—headline news at the time but largely forgotten since—is resuscitated in Eric Jay Dolin’s “The Wreck of the Mentor.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Compared with the lowest group, those in the highest group had a 67% greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease or stroke, or experiencing non-fatal heart attacks, strokes or resuscitated cardiac arrest.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

He was quickly resuscitated and the subsequent operation went well, but the patient never recovered proper consciousness and died 17 days later.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

Mr. Wan, who directs neither narrative but has his fingerprints all over both, doesn’t get enough credit for having resurrected, resuscitated and rejuvenated the horror flick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

A thirteen-year-old Eastern Shore boy, alone in his 14-foot skiff plucked a three-year-old from the frigid waters of the Corsica River yesterday afternoon and resuscitated the child while speeding through pelting rain to waiting rescuers.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings