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‘You Guys Are Literally the Miracle’: Cabarrus County School Board Members Save Colleague After Cardiac Event

During a closed session last month, board member Greg Mills experienced a sudden cardiac event and lost consciousness. CPR-trained colleagues worked together to keep him stable until EMS arrived.

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Chris Miller
Dec 02, 2025
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Greg Mills recalls how board members helped him last month after he suffered a cardiac event. Screenshot from Cabarrus County Schools’ YouTube page.

Greg Mills understands better than most what a unified team can accomplish.

During Monday’s Cabarrus County Board of Education work session, Mills — who had just been reelected as vice chair and has served on the board since last December — spoke publicly for the first time about the harrowing medical emergency that unfolded during last month’s meeting.

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