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Family thanks, honors first responders who saved teen’s life in Milliken

MILLIKEN, Colo. — A high school basketball player from Milliken in Weld County got a second chance at life thanks to the work of the first responders from the small community.

There was a big get-together at the Milliken Fire Department on Friday night, where Dylan Potthoff and his family got to thank those people who saved his life.

On the night of Feb. 18, he collapsed as a result of cardiac arrest.

Photojournalist George Taylor went to the party. He captured how the people in that community came together for a very special night.

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