A man's life was saved at a Hastings, Minnesota, bar, thanks to an off-duty paramedic and an automatic external defibrillator.

Lucas Kanoll is a fifth generation firefighter and paramedic. He wasn't working on Sept. 25 when he walked into Dugarel's Bar and Grill. But his life-saving instincts kicked in, just the same.

"I heard some people screaming. I saw them laying him down," said Kanoll.

A customer had collapsed and gone into cardiac arrest. Knowing every second counts, Kanoll ran to him, began CPR and then asked a server to grab the AED, which advised a shock.

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"I started CPR again after that shock, and he started to come around, so I knew I had a pulse back," said Kanoll.

The man survived and was taken to the hospital where he had two stents put in his heart. Without Kanoll

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