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A Father's Promise: Love, Loss, and the Power to Change
A Father's Promise begins long before tragedy struck. George Laman's life was shaped by a tough Chicagoland upbringing, U.S. Navy service aboard the Presidential Yacht Sequoia, nearly forty years in the fire service, and a life devoted to raising four children.
Everything changed the day George's daughter Lauren collapsed during high school dance practice. An automated external defibrillator (AED) was retrieved but never used, Lauren never came home.
Though George had saved countless lives, he was powerless to save his own child. In the depths of heartbreak, he made a sacred Lauren's death would not be in vain.
This powerful memoir follows a father's journey through unimaginable grief and the promise that became his purpose.
Woven with personal testimony, faith, and civic action, George transforms anguish into advocacy--even while fighting his own battles with a heart transplant, stroke, and lung cancer.
Today, CPR/AED laws in Illinois and Florida carry Lauren's legacy forward, protecting thousands of students every year.
This is more than one man's story.
It is a call to protect our children, honor those we've lost, and prevent the next needless tragedy.
Everything changed the day George's daughter Lauren collapsed during high school dance practice. An automated external defibrillator (AED) was retrieved but never used, Lauren never came home.
Though George had saved countless lives, he was powerless to save his own child. In the depths of heartbreak, he made a sacred Lauren's death would not be in vain.
This powerful memoir follows a father's journey through unimaginable grief and the promise that became his purpose.
Woven with personal testimony, faith, and civic action, George transforms anguish into advocacy--even while fighting his own battles with a heart transplant, stroke, and lung cancer.
Today, CPR/AED laws in Illinois and Florida carry Lauren's legacy forward, protecting thousands of students every year.
This is more than one man's story.
It is a call to protect our children, honor those we've lost, and prevent the next needless tragedy.
301 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 8, 2026
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