In the News · Headline · August 8, 2025 · ABC7 MySuncoast
Medical Team - Nathan Benderson Park
WWSB ABC7 covered the reunion between 71-year-old rower Darrel Davidson and the Nathan Benderson Park medical team led by Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joanne Fava.
“We have seen our fair share of injuries. But his was our first full-blown cardiac arrest that we’ve seen here, and by chance it happened on the water, so we know that our protocol is true.”
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