Chapter 26

Nick turned his attention back to Brian, and saw that his chest was not rising. "He's not breathing! Help him, please!" he cried to the man who had appeared next to him.

Luckily, the man knew what to do because Nick did not. The man leaned over Brian. He pinched Brian's nose shut and put his mouth over Brian's. Then he gave Brian two breaths. He leaned back and looked to see if Brian was breathing. There was nothing. He grabbed his wrist and checked for a pulse. He yelled something in German and began to give Brian chest compressions. Then he stopped and gave him two more breaths. He checked for a pulse and did the same thing over again.

Meanwhile, Nick was losing it. He broke down into tears as he watched the man giving Brian CPR.

Finally, an ambulance arrived. Luckily, the paramedics spoke English as well as German. One of them took over CPR for the German man, while another bagged him and started an IV. Another paramedic gripped Nick's shoulder and led him away. He sat him down on a nearby bench, seeing that Nick was about to start hyperventilating, and tried to calm him down. Then he asked him what had happened to Brian. Nick told him in a shaky voice. By this time, the other paramedics had gotten Brian onto a stretcher and were putting him in the ambulance.

"Are you here alone?" the paramedic asked Nick.

"I have three other friends in the city, but they're off site-seeing right now. I'm not sure exactly where they are," Nick told him.

"Alright, why don't you ride in the ambulance with me," the paramedic suggested. He turned out to be the driver. Nick climbed into the front seat with him, while the other two paramedics got into the back with Brian. Then the ambulance started up and sped off, the lights flashing and sirens wailing.

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