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NASSAU, Bahamas (CNN) - John Travolta spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday about his desperate efforts to save his teenage son's life after he suffered a seizure at the family's vacation home in the Bahamas in January.
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/CRIME/09/23/travolta.testimony/art.travolta.cnn.jpg caption="John Travolta and Kelly Preston leave a courthouse in the Bahamas Wednesday."]
Travolta testified in the criminal trial of a paramedic and former Bahamian senator, who are charged with a plot allegedly designed to extort $25 million from the actor.
Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, have remained secluded for most of this year. Friends have described their deep grief over the death of 16-year-old Jett Travolta.
Jett was found unresponsive by a nanny at the home on the island of Grand Bahamas, where the family was spending a New Year's holiday, he said.
A family friend with a medical background helped in urgent efforts to revive Jett, Travolta said.
"We continued CPR and my wife was holding his head," said Travolta. His wife sat in the Nassau courtroom, sometimes crying as she watched the testimony.