It's safe to say pickleball is one of the most popular sports at Miller Park in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

It's a hobby Rory Bakke and Sunny Saengdara couldn't pass up, first partaking in the ever-growing game a couple of months ago. But when the couple hit the courts on Saturday night, something went terribly wrong.

During play, Saengdara said Bakke collapsed.

"I just kind of sprang into nurse Sunny, because I had to," said Saengdara. "I had no other choice."

Saengdara, who is a nurse, ran over but felt no pulse.

"Trying to hold it together and trying to almost separate the fact that this is my boyfriend that it's happening to," said Saengdara.

Saengdara started CPR and used an automated external defibrillator to shock her boyfriend's heart, which was in cardiac arrest.

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