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LATTINGTOWN, New York ( WCBS ) -- The life of a 17-year-old Locust Valley High School basketball player was saved on the court, thanks to an extraordinary team of coaches, teachers, paramedics and doctors.

There was an emotional reunion on Wednesday, a little more than a week after the student went into cardiac arrest.

Players and coaches had just gathered in the school's gymnasium on Nov. 17 for tryouts for the upcoming season when Francesco Allocca's heart stopped beating and he stopped breathing.

"We started tryouts and we saw Francesco on the ground," Locust Valley basketball head coach Andrew Siegel said.

"He turned very pale. I got very scared, saw one of his arms clench. He was struggling to breathe," teammate William Summers added.

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