“Someone call 911!” he shouted.

Minutes felt like hours until a bystander brought a defibrillator. David followed the prompts, delivered the shock—and the man gasped back to life.

Relief washed over him just as the paramedics arrived.

“You saved him,” one of them said.

But when David glanced at his watch, panic hit. He was twenty minutes late.

He sprinted to Hamilton & Co., breathless and drenched in sweat, only to be told he’d missed his chance.