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Ron was born on August 19, 1949 in Spring Grove, Minnesota to Vernon and Janice (Fossum) Soland. He was one of five children. Growing up in Harmony, Minnesota he quickly found a lifelong love for fishing with his father. After graduating from Harmony High School in 1967, Ron attended Austin Vocational School for Carpentry, graduating in 1969. He joined Brunsvold Builders in Harmony as a carpenter until shingling on a bitterly cold day in January led him to believe there was “a better way to make a living”. He moved to Rochester, Minnesota and drove deliveries for Rochester Industrial Suppl...

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He lived. he was revived after cpr was performed on him continuously over an hour and a half. i have just never heard of such a story. what do you know about this? >> his doctor hasn't heard of such a story either. he is amazed this guy lived for so long. ali, i can't wait to see him on your show. most of the time, people don't live this long when they have had cardiac arrest. sometimes it's a matter of minutes and if they do it's because they are submerged them and cooled their bodies down. that is not the case with him so i can't wait to meet him. >> we will talk to him. elizabeth, thank you...

Minutes until howard's pulse started. and then they transported him to the hospital. >> we've got four souls on board. >> reporter: ten days later he walked out of the mayo clinic healthy and incredibly grateful. >> i happen to have a king sized heart attack in the right place at the right time. and these guys would not give up. >> reporter: the other night a reunion between all those people who wouldn't give up -- >> i've been waiting for this moment. >> reporter: -- and this man who is no longer a stranger. dan harris, abc news. >> that is -- >> how's that for a story? that's fantastic. you ...

>> we're at don's goods and foods and a man fell. >> reporter: a man named howard snitzer hit the ground with a massive heart attack. the only customer in the grocery store at the time started first aid. from across the street, roy and al lodermeier rushed over. >> he was in trouble. >> reporter: they began taking turns performing cpr, switching at the point of pure exhaustion without missing a beat. and as news spread, their number grew. a pair of ibm employees handing it off to a plumber who handed it off to a carpenter who handed it off to a county employee. in total, two dozen pairs of han...