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A dead ball cannot be revived. I suppose you're stuck with relying on the God rule here (no protest would be valid on this anyway ... not sure how a call to anyone would be valid). I can see several valid ways to rectify this, all of which would be only supported by the God rule.
1) R1 scores, R2 out, BR to first.
2) R1 to 3rd, R2 to 2nd, BR to first (after all, no outs had been completed at the point of the dead ball - I could argue in favor of this if I had to).
3) R1 scores, R2 and BR out (if it was obvious to the umpires that a double play was the most likely outcome)
4) probably more possibilities.
I would probably go with 1.
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