July 24, 2026
Cool First, Transport Second: How Rapid Action Saved a Florida High School Football Player’s Life
On a blistering summer morning in Bunnell, Florida, Stacy Mitchell arrived at football practice at Flagler Palm Coast High School feeling off. “Normally, if I’m not feeling good, I’ll stay home, but that day I pushed myself,” Mitchell, a 17-year-old senior defensive lineman, recalled. That decision nearly cost him his life. What started as a…