{"id":21272,"date":"2025-06-03T12:10:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=21272"},"modified":"2025-06-03T12:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:10:49","slug":"good-samaritan-credits-faith-after-saving-a-florida-woman-in-cardiac-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2025\/06\/good-samaritan-credits-faith-after-saving-a-florida-woman-in-cardiac-arrest.html","title":{"rendered":"Good Samaritan Credits Faith After Saving a Florida Woman in Cardiac Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21275\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2025\/06\/Good-Samaritan_credit-news4jax-YouTube.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21275\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2025\/06\/Good-Samaritan_credit-news4jax-YouTube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">News4-JAX \/ YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Florida woman is crediting God after saving a 77-year-old woman who went into cardiac arrest on the road. Joyce Long was on her way to a doctor\u2019s appointment when she began to experience chest pains, which caused her to drift into heavy traffic. Drivers began to honk at Long in frustration when one driver, Retonia Watts, began to suspect something was wrong. Watts pulled over to check on Long, whose car had slowed to a stop. \u201cWhen she turned off the car, I started screaming. I got out of my car and asked, \u2018Are you OK? Are you OK?\u2019 When I said that, she shook her head and said no. And when she said no, she passed out,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/05\/26\/gods-got-you-good-samaritan-says-faith-guided-her-in-saving-woman-suffering-from-cardiac-arrest-on-normandy-blvd\/\">Watts told a local news station.<\/a> Not knowing how to help Long, Watts called 911 and began to pray. \u201cI laid my hands on her and said, \u2018Hold on, hold on. God got you.\u2019 Rescue came quickly. It was destined for me to be there at that particular time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics had to administer two shocks and perform CPR three times before Long began to recover. Doctors told Long\u2019s family that her recovery was miraculous. Watts had her own personal connection to the tragedy, with her brother-in-law having just passed away in a similar incident. \u201cMy sister had just lost her husband, and he actually passed in his car,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd to be honest, I had, I got a glimpse of that when I started, when I saw her. I thought about, \u2018What if someone would have been there to help save his life?\u2019 And I felt like I had to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Long\u2019s daughter, Jennifer, stated she believed Watts\u2019s actions saved her mother\u2019s life. \u201cHad she not stopped that day, my mom would not be here. Clearly, she would not be alive,\u201d she said. Jennifer Long was especially grateful, sharing that her son had recently died from a medical complication. She said the thought of dealing with two deaths in the family would have been \u201ctoo much to bear.\u201d Long recorded a thank you message to her rescuer. \u201cGood afternoon, Mrs. Watts. I appreciate you helping me in my time of need. I don\u2019t know what happened to me,\u201d she said. \u201cI became incapacitated, but you were a great help to me. You asked me a couple of times if I was OK, and I told you no. You helped me out and contacted my family. I just want to say thank you. You were a blessing to me.\u201d Watts remained humble to the gratitude. \u201cYou\u2019re welcome. I just thank God. Nobody owes me anything.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida woman is crediting God after saving a 77-year-old woman who went into cardiac arrest on the road. 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