KETV 7'S TAYLOR BART HAS
THIS INCREDIBLE STORY OF
DETERMINATION.
TAYLOR: WITH EVERY PITCH DEVIN
STAFFORD TAKES A STEP FORWARD.
>> DON'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR
GRANTED BECAUSE LIFE CAN BE
TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU REAL QUICK.
>> A LESSON DEVIL EMBRACES ON
THE MOUND AND EVERY DAY GRATEFUL
FOR EACH THROW.
>> SOME KIDS DON'T BOUNCE BACK
FROM THAT, YOU KNOW?
WHAT HE WENT THROUGH THIS
SUMMER.
>> JUST DAYS AFTER STARTING HIS
SENIOR YEAR AND WORKING AT
CHAMPIONS RUN GOLF COURSE DEVIN
WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.
>> MY HEART STOPPED AND THANKS
TO MY CO-WORKERS THAT WERE THERE
WITH ME, THEY WERE ABLE TO
PERFORM C.P.R.
>> AT A YOUNG AGE DOCTORS FOUND
HE HAD AN IRREGULAR HEART BEAT
AND DIAGNOSED HIM WITH WOLF
PARKINSON HEART SYNDROME.
HE WAS HEALTHY UNTIL 2016
LEADING TO SURGERY WHERE DOCTORS
PUT AN I.C.D. IN HIS HEART.
>> IF HIS HEART EVER STOPS
AGAIN, IT WILL SHOCK IT BACK
INTO RHYTHM.
ONE OF DEVIN'S BIGGEST CONCERNS
WAS HE ABLE TO PLAY SPORTS
AGAIN.
>> BUT DEVIN DIDN'T WALK, HE RAN
WITH A NEW PERSPECTIVE BUT
DETERMINATION TO GET BACK ON THE
MOUND.
>> THAT ATTITUDE HAS TRANSLATE
INTO SUCCESS FOR BOTH DEVIN AND
HIS TEAM.
>> THE VERY FIRST GAME WAS
EMOTIONAL FOR ME.
I DON'T THINK HE QUITE REALIZED
HOW, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL IT WAS
FOR ME TO SEE HIM BACK OUT
THERE.
>> NOT ONLY BACK ON THE FIELD
BUT PITCHING HIS FIRST EVER
NO-HITTER AGAINST VINSON THIS
SEASON.
>> HE WAS HITTING HIS SPOTS, I
MEAN, HE HAD HIS TEAMMATES
AROUND HIM.
HE -- I MEAN, HE WAS ON HIS
GAME.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO REACT.
I WAS SO EXCITED.
AND IT WAS GREAT.
>> BUT HIS COACH SAYS IT'S WHAT
DEVIN DID AFTER THE GAME THAT
REALLY STOOD OUT.
>> I GAVE HIM THE BALL.
AND HE TURNS BACK AROUND AND
GAVE IT TO MY YOUNGER SON.
>> THE WIN WAS FOR HIM.
IT REALLY WAS.
>> TALENT ON THE FIELD AND
CARBLETTER OFF OF IT --
CHARACTER OFF OF IT.
DEVIN KEEPS SMILING AND HASN'T
STOPPED SINCE THAT DAY.
>> HIS FACE IS SO BRIGHT.
AND THAT'S -- I MEAN, IT'S A
SPECIAL KID.
>> THIS MADE ME APPRECIATE, YOU
KNOW, EVERY DAY BECAUSE, YOU
KNOW, I COULD -- I WOULDN'T BE
HERE TODAY IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY
CO-WORKER.
>> IN OMAHA --
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