Survival Stories

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 […]

Kinley Sanchez, a 9-month old girl, had been battling bronchitis for a few weeks. So when her breathing difficulty did not let up, her mother had had enough and got ready to take her to the hospital. That’s when Kinley suddenly stopped breathing. Says Kinely’s mother, ““She […]

Chelsea Cunningham was truly at the right place at the right time, and because of that was able to save a two-year old girl who had fallen into a septic tank. Cunningham is a Canadian native and was visiting Mesa, Arizona with her family to escape Canada’s […]

Last July, Patrick Spink of Dacula, Georgia, was enjoying a run at Rabbit Hill Park when he collapsed. Luckily for Patrick, three strangers were nearby. Those three strangers were a heart lab technician, a nurse, and a citizen trained in CPR. The trio took turns administering CPR […]

Bill Keen works as a cardiologist at Kaiser Permanente in Encinitas, California. But on Sunday, January 5th, it was the local fitness center, and not the hospital, where he performed life-saving actions on a victim of cardiac arrest. Keen was working out early Sunday morning and also […]

Two firefighters were at a West Ottawa supermarket grabbing some food for lunch when they got more than they bargained for. A man in a nearby aisle had collapsed, and  bystanders were calling on others in the store for help. The pair immediately sprang into action. The […]

JJ Pesany went into cardiac arrest after receiving an electric shock h from a portable goal post and a high voltage power line at Lancaster High School Athletic Field. Detective Keith Kerl was only 90 seconds away from the scene when he heard the emergency call over his […]

Officer Ben Crumlin was on patrol when he noticed a car behind him flashing their lights. “There’s this car flashing its lights. … I was thinking, someone pulling up to say, there’s a wreck behind me….,” he said. Instead, a man pulled up next to Crumlin and frantically […]