West Palm Beach Park SaveStation AED - SaveStation — West Palm Beach Fire-Rescue firefighter Mark Pallay looks at a new automated external defibrillator installation and a plaque for Oscar Stuebe at a press conference at Phipps Park in West Palm Beach, Fla., on February 27, 2025. (THOMAS CORDY/THE PALM BEACH POST)

A Frightening Moment on the Baseball Field

WEST PALM BEACH — Sarah Stuebe recalled the moment last March when she heard her husband, Riley, yell her name as he ran onto the baseball field during a youth game at Phipps Park in West Palm Beach.

What appeared to be a routine play involving the couple’s 6-year-old son, Oscar, was anything but that, as a fly ball to center field struck Oscar in the chest, causing him to collapse to the ground and sending him into cardiac arrest.

“He yelled my name and the tone, the way he yelled it, I knew immediately there was something was wrong and I called 911 right away,” said Stuebe, a Lake Worth Beach resident.

Oscar Stuebe With Family After Heart Recovery - SaveStation — West Palm Beach Fire-Rescue personnel listen to Sarah Stuebe, Lake Worth Beach, standing with her family at a press conference at Phipps Park in West Palm Beach, Fla., on February 27, 2025. Her son Oscar, center, suffered a cardiac arrest in 2024 after taking a baseball to the chest during a baseball game. Sarah performed CPR on her son before first responders arrived. Oscar continues to make a full recovery. (THOMAS CORDY/THE PALM BEACH POST)

Thanks to quick responses from Sarah Stuebe, a registered nurse who performed CPR until another parent took over, and West Palm Beach Fire Rescue firefighters, who arrived on scene within minutes, doctors at St. Mary’s Medical Center were able to save Oscar.

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