# Texas university professor suffers heart attack while teaching before students, Navy SEAL veteran save his life

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/texas-university-professor-suffers-heart-attack-while-teaching-before-students-navy-seal-veteran-save-his-life/
- Published: 2026-11-13T09:52:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T10:35:32+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/13/us-news/texas-university-professor-michael-maslanka-suffers-heart-attack-while-teaching-before-students-navy-seal-veteran-save-his-life/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- A law professor collapsed during a lecture.
- A Navy SEAL veteran student performed CPR.
- The professor recovered and returned to teaching.

## Summary

University of North Texas at Dallas law professor Michael Maslanka suffered a heart attack while teaching, then survived after students quickly came to his aid. The incident highlights how their coordinated response, including CPR from a student with military medical training, helped save his life.

Maslanka, 73, collapsed during a lecture on 6 October after saying he might not be able to continue. Third-year student Matthew Melton, a Navy SEAL veteran who had taught CPR, performed three rounds of chest compressions and rescue breaths; another student prayed as classmates gathered. Maslanka was treated for ventricular tachycardia, spent 11 days in hospital and has since returned to teaching ethics and employment law.

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