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MEIGS COUNTY, Tenn. — A family in Meigs County credits a quick-thinking 911 dispatcher for saving a life, even though the dispatcher wasn’t near the person she saved.

On May 1st, Karissa Cardner successfully gave CPR instructions for a 25-year-old man who was unresponsive. That saved his life.

Cardner’s training was made possible through the new Telecommunicator CPR law in Tennessee, which went into effect in January of this year…