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Katherine Shaver

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Heart Attack Couldn’t Keep Mom from Her Son’s Marine Ceremony

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By Katherine Shaver
| Knowridge Science Report
Rikki Crider isn’t the type to barge in on her neighbors. Yet there she was, in their kitchen, after letting herself in through their back door. Looking up from the TV in their living room, the older couple was surprised, of course. Sensing something might be wrong, the man walked toward her and gently asked, “What do you need?” “I need help,” Rikki said. She had awoken that morning with a kink in the right side of her neck.
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Heart Attack Couldn’t Keep Mom from Her Son’s Marine Ceremony

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By Katherine Shaver
| Knowridge Science Report
Rikki Crider isn’t the type to barge in on her neighbors. Yet there she was, in their kitchen, after letting herself in through their back door. Looking up from the TV in their living room, the older couple was surprised, of course. Sensing something might be wrong, the man walked toward her and gently asked, “What do you need?” “I need help,” Rikki said. She had awoken that morning with a kink in the right side of her neck.
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Heart attack couldn’t keep mom from her son’s Marine ceremony

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By Katherine Shaver
| American Heart Association
Rikki Crider said hospital staff would need to “strap me down” to a bed to keep her from son Daniel’s Marine boot camp graduation in 2019. (Courtesy of Rikki Crider) Rikki Crider isn’t the type to barge in on her neighbors. Yet there she was, in their kitchen, after letting herself in through their back door. Looking up from the TV in their living room, the older couple was surprised, of course.
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