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Trevor Ballif was just in the right time at the place, he says. But others say that he’s a hero. Ballif, a respiratory therapist, was on his way to work at the hospital when he drove by a motorcycle crash. The cyclist was lying in the middle […]

The Covington family had a Super Bowl party last Sunday, and perhaps the last thing they expected was for one of their children to end up in the children’s hospital. Bree Fontenot’s four-year old son came down the stairs early on the game and told his mother […]

June 24, 2012 was no ordinary day for retired Marine Jim Sprecher. It was the day he had a heart attack. He had just walked into the house from the garage, told his wife to call 911 and collapsed. Fortunately for Sprecher, his wife is CPR certified. […]

Even heroes need saving from time to time. Commander Gary Dunlap was laughing and joking with his classmates at the police academy seconds before he went into cardiac arrest and was found slumped over at his desk. Sgt. Michael Evans, Lt. Mark Gardner and Det. Kim Atwood all […]

Dick Malin of Vancouver is what you would call a “gym rat”. At 79-years old, he still works out at the gym 4 to 5 days a week. So when he went in for his workout on January 2nd, he thought nothing of it. Malin went over […]

Two boys, aged four and six, were with their mother at a local beach in Perth, Australia, when the unthinkable happened. According to reports, the young boys lost their footing in the water because the floor of the man-made beach drops off very suddenly. Another mother noticed […]

Even heroes need saving from time time. A 64-year old firefighter who was battling a house fire last Thursday suddenly went into cardiac arrest. According to reports, he was inside the house, trying to extinguish a chimney fire when he lost consciousness and fell to the ground. […]

Sixty-six year old Rick Hendrickson of Oslo, Minnesota went outside to check on his grandson, who was shoveling snow off of the driveway and sidewalk when the next thing he remembers is falling to the ground. His grandson frantically waved down a mail truck that was passing […]

It was an ordinary June night for Erin Cassidy and her boyfriend. The two had gone out to a steakhouse to enjoy a nice dinner when suddenly, Erin went into cardiac arrest. Luckily for her, a woman was seated nearby who was a registered nurse. She immediately […]