Teens Who Saved a Life by Administering CPR and Thankful Survivors to Ride on Union Bank, American Heart Association Rose Parade® Float Keep the Beat Alive

The float celebrates a new law that requires CPR training of most
California high school students; Amazing stories tell how CPR saves lives

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Union
Bank and the American
Heart Association (AHA) Western States Affiliate announced today the
14 Heart Heroes who will ride on their float Keep the Beat Alive
in the 2017 Rose Parade^® presented by Honda.
The premier float features youths who saved lives by
administering CPR, as well as the people they saved, and honors the
passage of a new California law that will provide CPR training to
thousands of high school students each year. The float embodies the
parade’s theme Echoes of Success, by honoring its teen lifesavers
and the future generations of potential lifesavers the new legislation
will create.

The float riders, who come from three different Western states and range
in age from 11 to 75 years, will stand on the float’s 55-foot long
floral piano keyboard and among its four eight-foot tall floral drums
and a nine-foot heart-shaped DJ booth. The musical elements represent
the beat of the heart and the correct compression rate for CPR
administration — a rhythm of 100 beats per minute.

A CPR dance team comprised of 28 local Crenshaw High School and Abraham
Lincoln High School students will walk alongside the float and engage
the audience with a CPR-inspired dance.

“We are so proud to call attention to these amazing teens and adults who
saved a life or have been saved through CPR. The mission of our
beautiful float is to spread the word to millions of people that CPR
training saves lives,” said Pierre P. Habis, head of Union Bank Consumer
Banking. “Everyone should learn CPR — as you can see from these
inspiring float riders, you never know when you might be called upon to
save a life with CPR.”

“We encourage everyone to get CPR training — it only takes a few
minutes to learn hands-only CPR,” Kathy Rogers, Executive Vice President
for the American Heart Association Western States Affiliate. “We are so
thankful that Union Bank shares our mission to spread the message that
CPR is easy to learn and so important. We hope the stories of these
courageous teens and survivors will inspire others.”

The 14 CPR heroes riding on the float are (detailed bios and headshots
available on request):

• Darian and Eunique Latchison, ages 16 and 12; Irene Sample, age 75,
  Bakersfield, Calif.
  Darian Latchison was desperate to save
  the life of the woman who rescued him from homelessness and took in
  his sister at birth. Irene Sample collapsed after walking home in
  107-degree heat. Darian’s sister Eunique called 911 while Darian
  performed chest compressions. “I kept thinking ‘No, you’re not going
  yet. You have to see me graduate high school,’” Darian said. Irene,
  who was required as a licensed foster parent to maintain a CPR
  certification, had brought Darian and Eunique along to her CPR
  training.
• Daniel and Jonathan Tyshler, ages 13 and 11; Boris 69, Seattle,
  Wash.
  Daniel and Jonathan Tyshler were enjoying their
  vacation in Southern California when their grandfather collapsed while
  driving on the 405 freeway. Jonathan moved his grandfather’s head to
  ensure blood flow while Daniel called 911 and began the compressions
  he had learned the previous semester in school. CPR was critical –
  Boris was without a pulse for 14 minutes.

• Nathan Boyer, age 14; and Issac Wenrich, age 27, Chandler, Ariz.
  Making
  new friends after his family moved across country was tough for Nathan
  Boyer, but his baseball coach was always there to give him a pep talk
  or make him laugh. In March 2016, Nathan and coach Isaac Wenrich were
  practicing baseball drills when Isaac suddenly slumped to the ground.
  Nathan began CPR, which he learned as a Boy Scout, and passed Isaac’s
  phone to a bystander to call 911.

• Steve and Lewis Griffith, 66 and 15, Forestville, Calif. (Sonoma
  County)
  Lewis Griffith was watching TV when he heard a crash
  and found his father on the floor. Calling to his mom to dial 911,
  Lewis took his father’s pulse and, to his mother’s amazement, knew
  just what to do. Lewis had received CPR training in school three
  months earlier – he began CPR and continued for five minutes until
  paramedics arrived to relieve him.

• Madi Giese, age 17, Manhattan Beach, Calif.
  As a young
  girl collapsed on the tennis court, dozens of onlookers called 911 but
  seemed frozen in shock. Madi Giese rushed to the girl’s side,
  performing a dozen chest compressions before the girl coughed and took
  a breath. Madi had learned CPR through the Junior Lifeguard Program.
  “Because of my CPR training, I had the confidence to act. I was
  determined to save her life,” Madi said.

• Skylar Berry, age 13, Rio Linda, Calif.
  When a classmate
  was pulled from a swimming pool – unresponsive – Skylar Berry went
  right to work administering CPR, continuing chest compressions for
  five minutes until an adult could take over. Skylar, then 11, had
  learned hands-only CPR just three months earlier. A week after the
  incident, she founded a CPR club at her school to teach others the
  life-saving skill.

• Celine Showman, age 42, Oceanside, Calif.
  Celine Showman
  still can’t remember the night she took her then eight-year-old
  daughter Megan out to a sushi restaurant. As her mother slumped off
  her stool, Megan started her mom’s “chain of survival” by calling for
  help. Three Navy Corpsmen from Camp Pendleton appeared – one took
  Megan away while the others began CPR. The woman and two men had just
  returned from a deployment in Iraq.

• Melissa Ziebell, age 35, Pasadena, Calif.
  Nearing the
  finish line of the Paris Half Marathon, Melissa Ziebell was ready for
  her souvenir snapshot. The last thing she remembers was her legs
  giving out. Two young girls trained in CPR came to her aid. An avid
  athlete, Melissa was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and
  underwent open heart surgery. She still wonders what might have
  happened if she had suffered cardiac arrest while alone on a training
  run, rather than near volunteers who were trained in life-saving CPR.

For three decades, Union Bank and the American Heart Association have
united in the fight against heart disease and stroke, the nation’s No. 1
and No. 5 killers of both men and women. Union Bank has been engaged in
multiple aspects of the AHA’s work, including fundraising, education,
volunteer leadership, employee involvement and health messaging. In the
last nine years alone, the bank’s employees and clients have donated
more than $8.6 million in support of the AHA’s critical research,
education, and prevention programs. 2017 will be the second year that
Union Bank has joined with the AHA in presenting a Rose Parade float.

In September 2016, the California State Legislature passed a law that
will require hands-only CPR training for a majority of high school
students. The bill will create a new generation of potential CPR
lifesavers who can make the difference in the few critical moments when
a person suffers cardiac arrest. Approximately 90 percent of people who
suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests die. CPR, especially if performed
immediately and effectively, can double or triple a cardiac arrest
victim’s chance of survival.

Follow the Keep the Beat Alive float on Facebook
and Twitter
using #CPRSavesLives.

About the American Heart Association

The American Heart Association is devoted to saving people from heart
disease and stroke – the two leading causes of death in the world. We
team with millions of volunteers to fund innovative research, fight for
stronger public health policies, and provide lifesaving tools and
information to prevent and treat these diseases. The association is the
nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting
heart disease and stroke. To learn more or to get involved, call
1-800-AHA-USA1, visit heart.org
or call any of our offices around the country.

About the Pasadena Tournament of Roses^®

The Tournament of Roses is a volunteer organization that annually hosts
America’s New Year Celebration^® with the Rose Parade^® presented
by Honda, the Rose Bowl Game^® presented by Northwestern
Mutual and a variety of accompanying events. 935 volunteer members of
the association will drive the success of 128th Rose Parade themed “Echoes
of Success,” on Monday, January 2, 2017, followed by the 103rd Rose
Bowl Game. For more information, visit www.tournamentofroses.com.
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube and
visit our blog at blog.tournamentofroses.com.

About MUFG Union Bank, N.A.

MUFG Union Bank, N.A., is a full-service bank with offices across the
United States. We provide a wide spectrum of corporate, commercial and
retail banking and wealth management solutions to meet the needs of
customers. We also offer an extensive portfolio of value-added solutions
for customers, including investment banking, personal and corporate
trust, global custody, transaction banking, capital markets, and other
services. With assets of $116.9 billion, as of September 30, 2016, MUFG
Union Bank has strong capital reserves, credit ratings and capital
ratios relative to peer banks. MUFG Union Bank is a proud member of the
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, one of the world’s largest financial
organizations with total assets of approximately ¥293.7 trillion (JPY)
or $2.9 trillion (USD)¹, as of September 30, 2016. The corporate
headquarters (principal executive office) for MUFG Americas Holdings
Corporation, which is the financial holding company and MUFG Union Bank,
is in New York City. The main banking office of MUFG Union Bank is in
San Francisco, California.

¹ Exchange rate of 1 USD=¥101.12 (JPY) as of September 30,
2016

Contacts

Union Bank
Carolyn Janda, 949-735-4516
carolyn.janda@unionbank.com
@UnionBankNews
or
Nina
Ronstadt, 619-224-3186
nina@ninaronstadtpr.com
or
American
Heart Association
Tamara White, 310-490-0650
Tamara.White@heart.org