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Speaker 1: Everyone I spoke to at Arsenal Park in Watertown had

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Speaker 1: already noticed the automated external defibrillators or AEDs, recently installed.

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Speaker 1: Michael and Anna come here to walk their dog, and.

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Speaker 2: We think it's a great safety feature added.

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Speaker 1: We're standing by one of the park's three AED boxes,

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Speaker 1: this one right next to the soccer field. Anna says

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Speaker 1: she's experienced firsthand how fast a medical emergency can come

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Speaker 1: on in sports.

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Speaker 2: A younger son played soccer here all growing up and

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Speaker 2: he had a history of asthma. One time he had

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Speaker 2: an asthma attack on the field and took a knee.

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Speaker 2: And kids can, unfortunately, as healthy as they are, have

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Speaker 2: a medical emergency, so it's nice to have that available.

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Speaker 1: The new AED stations are installed at seven parks and

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Speaker 1: sports fields in Watertown. Several more locations will get them

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Speaker 1: next year. You can't miss them. They are a bright

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Speaker 1: yellow box with red lettering. In Watertown. Sherry Small WBZ,

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