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Kingsland Fire Rescue Chief Terry Smith credits two women for saving Frazier鈥檚 life. Both of them say it was good timing and CPR training, knowing what to do when Frazier was discovered on the floor, barely breathing and having a very faint pulse.

Nichole Regul, a recent nursing graduate from 海角社区, believes it was fate that she showed up at Camden High to get her daughter鈥檚 schedule because it was not the day she was supposed to be there. She had come on the wrong day.

Regul, among the first to discover Frazier on the floor, immediately began administering CPR.

鈥淚 was in my own world,鈥� Regul said. 鈥淚 was in the moment. I was terrified.鈥�

Despite how she felt inside, Regul appeared calm and in control when Joi Martin arrived. Martin, just appointed assistant principal at the high school鈥檚 ninth-grade center, wasn鈥檛 planning to be at school but had learned about a staff meeting.

After the meeting, Martin was told about Frazier and she ran to the scene. Her first question was if Regul wanted her to grab a defibrillator.

鈥淚t was a perfect storm,鈥� Martin said of the events that brought the two women together.

Martin had recently been certified in CPR so everything was fresh in her mind.

鈥淚 feel I was a little more confident because the nurse was there,鈥� Martin said. 鈥淚t was happening so fast.鈥�

Even though they work in the same complex, Frazier, who is already back to work, didn鈥檛 know Martin was one of the people who revived him.

鈥淚 work with her and didn鈥檛 even know it,鈥� he said.

Frazier was formally introduced to both women during a presentation honoring them Tuesday at the Camden County School Board meeting.

There was no handshake when he was introduced to the women credited with saving his life. Instead, he embraced both women.

鈥淚t has changed my outlook on life,鈥� he said. 鈥淓very day is a gift.鈥�

Stuart Sullivan, owner of a business that provides first aid and CPR training, said there is no doubt in his mind that the two women saved a life because of their training.

鈥淚f you don鈥檛 have a pulse and you鈥檙e not breathing, you鈥檙e dead,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hey were the only people who could do anything.鈥�

Sullivan believes it was fate that both women should not have been at the school the day Frazier suffered his heart attack.

鈥淵ou talk about angels being at the right place at the right time,鈥� he said. 鈥淚f these ladies weren鈥檛 there, it would be a different story right now.鈥�