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Platz's mission crystallized when he arrived to find nearly a dozen people gathered around a dying man. Despite recent leaps in lifesaving innovation, including hands -only CPR and the automated external defibrillator (AED), no one helped. He decided to teach his city how to save lives. "We see cardiac arrest in its rawest form. The culture has to change," Platz said. "Don't wait for the help. Be the help." In three years, Platz and the volunteers he's recruited have trained more than 13,000 people in how to perform hands -only CPR and how to use an AED, a portable medical device almost anyone can use to shock a cardiac arrest victim back to life. <img src="http://metrics.startribune.com/b/ss/nmminneapolis/1/JS-1.5.3-- NS/41327?pageName=&channel=Photo Gallery&server=&cl=http%3A%2F%2F stmedi a. stimg.co%2Fows 14555908088795.j pg%3Fw%3D263 &c2=&c3=Photo&c4=Photo Gallery&c5=noscript&c7=Photography&c 16=&c24=Photo Gallery&c31=Related%20Article%20Single%201mage&c33=&c71=websites" height=" 1" width=" 1" border="0" alt="" 1> Officer Bryan Platz sang "Staying Alive" to help keep the pace of the CPR training during a class for teachers at Coon Rapids High School last week. Less They count as least five lives saved as a direct result of their efforts. "I love how this program cuts through the ignorance. There is no excuse to just stand there," Coon Rapids Mayor Jerry Koch said. "I applaud it. We've met the people whose lives have been saved. That is very powerful testimony."