Jackson Free Press

Chloe Sumrall's life changed March 3 of last year. A senior at St. Andrew's Episcopal School at the time, Sumrall was at Burgers and Blues enjoying lunch when she heard a 7-year-old boy scream in terror across the restaurant as his father lay unconscious on the floor.

Sumrall, who is CPR-certified, rushed to his side to resuscitate him. Though a doctor eating at Burgers and Blues told her that the boy wouldn't survive, she continued to perform CPR until the paramedics came.

A little while later, Sumrall grew anxious to learn the fate of the man she tried to revive. She and her parents went to find his family at the hospital. Sumrall learned that the man had suffered from Sudden Cardiac Death, and because of her actions, he was among the 2 percent who survive.

On Jan. 31, the American Heart Association in Jackson awarded Sumrall with the Richard Lee Miller Heart Saver Award at the 2014 Heart Ball. The association gives the award to people in the community who save a life with CPR.

The American Heart Association, founded in 1924, is the largest voluntary health organization in the nation.

The ball began 36 years ago as a way to celebrate community support of the Association's mission, which is "to build healthier lives free of cardiovascular disease and stroke," the organization said in a press release. To date, the event has contributed more than $5.8 million to the organization's cause.

Chloe Sumrall is a freshman at the University of Mississippi stuck between majoring in pre-medical and international business. She graduated from St. Andrew's Episcopal School, where she was an athletic training student under the supervision of trainer Dolph Woodall. She is on the Phi Mu Philanthropic Committee and the organization's Campus Activities chairperson and the Fraternity Information chairperson, and she was on the homecoming court in fall of 2013 . She is the daughter of Kasi Sumrall and Renee Collins.

*Corrections have been made on this story. Jackson Free Press reported that Chloe Sumrall was a freshman at St. Andrew's Episcopal School when she performed CPR on the man at Burger's and Blues. She was, in fact, a senior. She was also, instead of athletic trainer, an athletic training student under the supervision of trainer Dolph Woodall. JFP also reported that Sumrall is the philanthropy chairperson at Ole Miss. She is actually on the Phi Mu organization's Philanthrophic Committee, and is the Campus Activities chairperson and Fraternity Information chairperson for Phi Mu. Jackson Free Press apologizes for these errors.