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Video: Firefighter back on job 7 months after on-scene heart attack

Incident commander said every one did as they were trained to do when Firefighter Ryan went down

By Cheryl Hurd
NBC Bay Area

SAN JOSE, Calif. — His heart stopped three times and he was placed in a medically induced coma after battling a church fire last August.

But now, veteran San Jose firefighter Frank Ryan has recovered and is planning to head back to work on Monday. In an exclusive interview with NBC Bay Area on Friday, Ryan recalled a bit of the fire that nearly took his life.

“I remember a lot of smoke a lot of heat,” Ryan said. “Went outside, felt more than exhausted felt extra nauseous Something I never felt before.”

Full story: San Jose firefighter suffers heart attacks, coma, heading back to work

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