My Teen Son Collapsed On The Court And The One Thing That Could Have Saved His Life Wasn't There

“The people nearby are left helplessly waiting for EMS while precious minutes slip away.”

Rachel Moyer is founder of the Greg W. Moyer Defibrillator Fund and a longtime advocate for AED access and cardiac emergency preparedness in schools. She lives in Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania. Her family has donated thousands of AEDs throughout the United States, including to state and city police departments, schools and playing fields. 

This article originally appeared on HuffPost in June 2026.