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A man went into cardiac arrest on a run. A doctor running nearby saved him. Now, they’re marathon partners – By Gina Vivinetto and Hannah Van Winkle Source : today Two physicians who share a special bond will be running the 2022 New York City Marathon together on Nov. 6. In 2019, Dr. John Harvey, a surgeon at New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital, was on a 18-mile marathon training run in Central Park. At mile 15, he stopping to kiss his wife, Helena, who had been cheering him on. “She was there at mile 15, and she gave me a banana, and I gave her a kiss. Then I carried on, and that was my last memory of the run,” Harvey told TODAY. What Helena didn’t see is that moments after that kiss, her husband collapsed to the ground as he went into cardiac arrest. In a stroke of luck, Dr. ...

Meet Penny Abeywardena, a Sri Lankan leading New York City Source:-dailymirror.lk Meet Penny Abeywardena, the first woman of colour to become New Yorks’s Commissioner of International Affairs 43 year old Penny Abeywardena, a Sri Lankan American became the first immigrant and woman of colour to become New York City’s Commissioner of International Affairs, eight years ago. After revamping her office, establishing influential programs aimed at diversity and inclusion and also working tirelessly to meet the needs of the city’s requirements during the pandemic, Ms. Abeywardena will be stepping down from her role in December. In a recent Interview with the New York Times, Ms. Abeywardena shared her journey to becoming a leader, a change maker and chasing the ultimate Americam dream. “My career has almost come full circle to where I am now. I get to be the ambassador for one of the greatest cities in the United States, one ...