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Mom survives massive heart attack, 25 years to the week after son's death from heart attack
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Kayla Zimmer says her mother, Lynette Winger, is the strongest woman she knows.
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Lynette Winger is welcomed back to Ellsworth Elementary School by a co-worker after Lynette's heart attack.
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Josh Winger was 17 when he died at school of a heart attack.
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Lynette Winger doesn't know why she survived a massive heart attack, "but I'm hoping there's more for me to share."
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Co-workers at Ellsworth Elementary School welcome Lynette Winger back to work after her heart attack.
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Lynette Winger hugs her granddaughter at the surprise gathering welcoming Lynette back to Ellsworth Ellementary School
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Alyssa Matzek performed CPR and saved her mother's life.
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The Cemetery at Our Savior's Lutheran Church near Ellsworth, Wisconsin where Josh Winger is buried.
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Kayla Zimmer says her mother, Lynette Winger, is the strongest woman she knows.
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