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When Lauren Kornacki, right, found her father, Alec Kornacki, trapped under a car, the one-time UMW basketball player lifted the BMW 525i off him, performed CPR, and saved his life.<\/p><\/div>\n

Just months after earning a bachelor\u2019s degree at UMW, Lauren Kornacki \u201912 <\/strong>learned a different kind of lesson \u2013 how it feels to be a hero.<\/p>\n

In July, Kornacki saved her father\u2019s life after finding him trapped beneath a car he\u2019d been working on. The physics major and basketball player maintained that her Mary Washington experience helped her perform such a feat, as she struggled to contend with the fanfare that followed.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad means everything to me,\u201d she told ABC World News<\/em><\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m having a hard time with this attention.\u201d CNN<\/a>, Fox News<\/em><\/a>, and the New York Daily News <\/em><\/a>also covered the story.<\/p>\n

Alec Kornacki\u2019s heart had stopped beating when his daughter found him pinned beneath his BMW 525i in the garage of her family\u2019s Richmond-area home. She lifted the car off him, pulled him to safety, and performed life-saving CPR. Kornacki, 52, suffered broken ribs and other injuries \u2013 all minor compared to what could\u2019ve happened had the younger Kornacki not taken action.<\/p>\n

A pool manager, she\u2019d recently been recertified in CPR, also a requirement for her student job with UMW campus recreation. Three years of lifting weights for basketball helped, too, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLauren is so courageous,\u201d UMW women\u2019s basketball head coach Deena Applebury told The Free Lance-Star<\/em><\/a>. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t surprise me\u2026that she jumped into action.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just months after earning a bachelor\u2019s degree at UMW, Lauren Kornacki \u201912 learned a different kind of lesson \u2013 how it feels to be a hero. In July, Kornacki saved her father\u2019s life after finding him trapped beneath a car he\u2019d been working on. 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