One mom’s attendance at her son’s Little League game turned into a lifesaving measure. Dr. Jennifer LaFemina, a surgical oncologist at UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, Massachusetts, was watching her son play in a local baseball tournament on July 11, when she saw the home plate umpire get hit in the throat by a wild pitch. The pitch bounced on the ground and hit the umpire, identified as Korey Pontbriand, in the throat as he turned his head to avoid a hit to the face. Pontbriand fell to his knee after the hit to catch his breath, but then continued to umpire the game in a different position. Davis told “Good Morning America” that shortly after the incident, LaFemina and her surgical assistant, who was watching the game with her, examined Pontbriand and advised him to go to the hospital for treatment. Pontbriand, who lost his voice after the hit, declined treatment and continued officiating, while LaFemina, on her own, continued to monitor him from the stands. During the fifth inning, the doctor approached president of the Oxford Little League to say that it looked like the umpire was struggling and getting worse. As they made plans to get him to a local hospital, the umpire collapsed. LaFemina immediately began performing CPR, with the help of her assistant. Davis said that she then sent him to get a defribrillator which he got from the fire station next door. However, when he returned with it, the doctor had already revived her patient. Davis said he believes Pontbriand, a Little League umpire for over 10 years, would not have survived had LaFemina and her assistant, Emily Lutfy, not been at the game that day. In another twist of fate, while LaFemina was delivering lifesaving CPR, her son scored the winning run in the game. His team, the Algonquin All-Stars, also went on to win the tournament.