People - The Holders of the Hearts

His name was Marco: a 17-year-old soccer player in the ER with no pulse.

As our trauma team beepers went off simultaneously, I realized that this code must be the reason we heard helicopters from the OR earlier. It had to be. Surgeons are not usually on the Code Blue team but we were occasionally called in later for the complicated cardiac codes that need more: a cracked chest, extra lines, or bypass. And for children: anything less than heroic is unacceptable.