Learning to Breathe

Do you know what you would do if your child stopped breathing? Susan Fries not
only was confronted with this reality, but also experienced it with the added trauma
from her own childhood memories of desperately gasping for air during asthma
attacks. She was devastated to learn that her son would experience the very same
suffering she endured, along with her older sister. However, being on the other side
of the issue as a parent, Fries realized just how much needed to be done to protect
her son's life. We all can learn empathy and safe practices to care for each other in
a society where 250,000 die from asthma each year. Fries personally takes on the
task of advocating for better precautions in schools, informing parents on what
makes a difference in the home and raising awareness in the public.