Father cycling across Canada to find cure for heart condition that devastated family
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A husband and father who lost so much because of ARVC wants to help future generations from the same fate. He is on a healing and awareness journey across Canada.
Adam Hoerdt was living an enviable life. He and his high school sweetheart had two young boys and they were happy.
But in June 2001, everything changed.
It took only seconds for his wife Jackie to collapse without any warning. He never had a chance to say goodbye.
The couple were playing softball at a baseball diamond in Ontario.
“I looked over and saw her crumped in a pile.
“Even though there was a firefighter who was at the tournament and was, within 90 seconds, performing CPR, that was the last breath she took,” Hoerdt said.
“My one- and three-year-old boys were playing in the playground next to the diamond.”
For decades, what caused Jackie’s death was unknown.
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