Adam Compton, a MacArthur High School teacher, was with his student skate club when he went into cardiac arrest
A MacArthur High School teacher who went into cardiac arrest on campus is alive and well thanks to his students’ quick actions to save his life.
“I kept saying, ‘Focus on my voice, Mr. Compton. Keep your eyes open. Come on, breathe,’” MacArthur High School junior Aidan Anthony-Gonzalez recalled.
Unfortunately, Adam Compton, a 46-year-old social studies teacher, couldn’t do that on his own. If it wasn’t for his skate club students, he might not be alive today.
“I asked one of the students next to me, ‘How long have I been out?’ They said, ‘A couple of minutes,’” Compton told KSAT. “Then nothing after that. From there, I woke up in the hospital.”
On Nov. 7, Compton and his skate club went to skate after school, as they typically do. That …