A Virginia man celebrated the completion of a race he started 50 days ago on Sunday.
Bill Hughes had participated in the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K race last month, but suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of the race.
He survived thanks to immediate CPR from his daughter and strangers nearby.
After Hughes was released from the hospital, he said he felt compelled to finish the race.
“When I start to do something I want to finish it and I just felt bad that I hadn’t finished,” Hughes told ABC affiliate WRIC-TV.
Hughes completed the race this weekend with his daughter and the strangers who had saved his life, and he used the opportunity to draw attention to the importance of CPR.
