 Serby told news media it was the way he was breathing and snoring that alerted her to the heart attack. With a makeshift orderly staff of airport bystanders, goodnewsnetwork.org says Serby administered CPR while someone went to get a defibrillator, which she then used on Jeffries. After he recovered his own pulse, Jeffries was rushed to the Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, where Serby actually works. He received life-saving surgery.