Torri'ell Norwood and A'zarria Simmons are both 16-years-old and have been best friends since the 7th grade. This past February, however, their bond grew even stronger after Norwood saved Simmons' life, just one day after completing her CPR lessons.
CNN reported that the pair were involved in a car accident last month when another driver crashed into Norwood's vehicle. After the accident, Simmons was left unconscious, not breathing, and without a pulse.
Luckily, because Norwood had JUST completed her CPR training, she knew to immediately provide her assistance, and performed 30 compressions and two rescue breaths. Because of Norwood's quick thinking, Simmons was able to regain consciousness before the paramedics arrived, after which she was taken to the hospital. She received stitches on her forehead for a gash.
Norwood said, "I never would have thought that I would be the one, out of all the students in my class to have to perform it on someone."
Of course, their friendship has only grown stronger. Simmons said, "I wasn't shocked by her doing it because she always does stuff for me. She always has my back. It's deeper than a friendship, it's been deeper than that before this accident and all this happened. It's just made me realize [that] if she wasn't there, I wouldn't be here today."
