Defibrillators

Levine had an automatic external defibrillator on hand, and doctors say he probably saved the woman's life.

"I've never been a person who's believed in destiny, but there's something weird here," Levine said Friday.

"Maybe this is our mission in life." Loretta, 76, a Moriches woman who declined to give her last name, said she believes divine intervention guided her to Levine's office.

"God took me to sit in ...

office," she said while resting in the intensive care unit at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore.

"And a dentist!

Who would have thought?

" she added.

"He was my savior." Loretta said she was making her first visit to Levine on Thursday because she had a loose tooth cap and jaw aches.

Earlier that day she had eaten some spicy chili, and when she started having chest pains while driving to Levine's office, she blamed it on heartburn.

But as she was waiting, her heart stopped beating and she passed out against the wall.

While his staff called 911, Levine prepared the defibrillator.

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