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POTTERVILLE, Mich. (WILX) – Last June, Damarion Hicks went into cardiac arrest on the high school basketball court shortly after returning to the bench.<\/p>\n
“It was really sudden. I thought everything was fine,” said Da’marion Hicks.<\/p>\n
Damarion’s brother and teammate Christopher Hicks said, “I turned around and all I saw was my brother lying on the lap of his friend Benecio.”<\/p>\n
Teammate Benicio Caesar V\u00e1zquez said:<\/p>\n
Damarion’s mother, LaShawn Smith, said Damarion had been dead for over seven minutes.<\/p>\n
Through CPR and a defibrillator, he was saved by a stranger. It was the Marines and surgeons in the audience who saved Damarion’s life. <\/p>\n
Potterville hosted a ceremony honoring them at the high school gym before Saturday’s game<\/p>\n
LaShawn Smith, Damarion’s mother, said, “I would like to thank them because according to what I was told at the hospital, I couldn’t have a son until today.<\/p>\n
They didn’t know it at the time, but the multisport athlete was born with a heart defect that impeded blood flow.Open-heart surgery fixed the problem, and recovery was a team effort.<\/p>\n
Damarion Hicks escaped death. “When I pick up something, they say, ‘That’s too heavy, too heavy,'” he says, Da’Marion Hicks. With so much support, his mother said he never slowed down.<\/p>\n
Now, Damarion is back on the court playing alongside his brother.<\/p>\n
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