Jackson Health System, Miami-Dade County Public Schools and the University of Miami, in collaboration with the American Red Cross of Greater Miami & The Keys and the American Heart Association, are hosting “CPR Day Miami,” a free, countywide CPR training event for participants 11 years of age and older at seven locations. Designated CPR instruction sites can be found at http://www.jacksonhealth.org/cpr-day-miami.asp.

The importance of knowing how to perform CPR made international headlines in February 2014 when then 5-month-old Sebastian de la Cruz stopped breathing in the backseat of his aunt’s car. His aunt, Pamela Rauseo, performed lifesaving CPR on Sebastian on the side of a busy Miami expressway – as a Miami Herald photographer captured dramatic images of the harrowing ordeal. Sebastian was rushed to Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. Today, Sebastian is healthy, happy and getting ready to celebrate his first birthday in September.