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If you’re going to jog and essentially drop dead on the sidewalk, you’d want it to happen like it did for Jon Cook of Johnson County — who’d still like to find the unknown woman and other guardian angels who helped save his life. “We’ve tried hard. We’ve gone door to door. I’ve tried going on (the app) Nextdoor,” Cook, the global CEO of the marketing firm VMLY&R, said of the efforts he and his wife, Lisa, have made. So far Cook, who may be among the luckiest people to have his heart stop, has had no luck finding them to offer thanks. When Cook collapsed while on a run on Oct. 5, in some odd convergence in timing, 10 strangers jumped in to help. Two of them just happened to know CPR, followed by three others who aren’t just doctors, but cardiac physicians from the nearby University of Kansas Health System. “He’s one lucky guy, for sure,” said KU cardiologist Prakash Acharya, who ultimately helped Cook regain his pulse and life that evening. At the link in our bio, read more abou...

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