STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish club AIK remembered former keeper Ivan Turina with an unusual minute's silence ahead of their league game with Sirius on Saturday, encouraging fans to be more aware of the kind of heart condition that took the Croatian's life 10 years ago.
Fans were instructed to spend the silent minute before the game at the Friends Arena doing one of three things - downloading an app to become first-aid volunteers, finding out where their nearest defibrillator was located, or donating to research.
"The sad thing is that we remember exactly what happened in those tragic days, We awoke to a phone call from the team doctor who told us the news," Milosevic recalled. In a statement released ahead of the game, AIK quoted statistics saying that around 10,000 Swedes suffer heart attacks outside of hospitals every year, and that only 600 of the victims survive, hence the need for first-aid volunteers and defibrillators.
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