AKRON, Ohio — After a man collapsed at the Akron Marathon late Saturday morning, a good Samaritan, Akron firefighters and members of the Summa Health Medical Team stepped in to help save his life.

It happened around 11:35 a.m. near the finish line. Dan Molnar, a nurse practitioner, was waiting at the finish line for his fiancee, Shea Levi, to finish the marathon.

"My beautiful fiancee, she ran her first marathon and she was about to come across the finish line in about 30 seconds," Molnar said.

But before that happened, Molnar's eyes were drawn to a commotion at the finish line where a male runner had collapsed and was in cardiac arrest.

Cellphone video shows Molnar hurdle a barricade, join other medical personnel and immediately start CPR on the runner.

"I want to help people, so if

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