Whenhewas14,SmithdrownedinLakeSt.Louisandwasdeadfornearlyanhour.Accordingtoreportsatthetime,CPRwasperformed27minutestonoavail.Thentheyouth’smother,JoyceSmith,enteredtheroom,prayingloudly.Suddenly,therewasapulse,andSmithcamearound.

When he was 14, Smith drowned in Lake St. Louis and was dead for nearly an hour. According to reports at the time, CPR was performed 27 minutes to no…