ANN ARBOR, MI – Tens of thousands of fans poured onto the field at Michigan Stadium when the Wolverines’ beat rival Ohio State on Nov. 25. Photographer Aaron Josefczyk, a freelance photographer from Cleveland, escaped the masses by filing his photos until the crowd dispersed. Thirty minutes later, he walked down the stadium tunnel to retrieve a lens. He snapped a photo, and then a pain hit the middle of his chest. Short of breath and hot all over, he made his way up the tunnel hill to alert two police officers of his condition. Paramedics soon confirmed Josefczyk was having a heart attack. Three weeks later, he’s recovering in his Ohio home thanks to the care of stadium medical staff and Michigan Medicine. “I would not have wanted to be anywhere else,” Josefczyk said, looking back on his cardiological ordeal. “Michigan saved my life.” The 54-year-old grew up in…
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