Football Fans Help to Save Berkeley County Man's Life at Game
By Octavia Mitchell, WCBD TV
The excitement was not only on the field at Friday night's Berkeley High School football game, but in the stands as well, for a different and serious reason. A man stopped breathing, and the game paused as fans rushed to help save his life.
Sixty-four-year-old Gene Cribb is thankful to be alive. He's recovering at Trident Medical Center, after surgery to clear two major blockages in his heart. He went into cardiac arrest in the stands at Friday night's Berkeley High School football game. Mr. Cribb says, "Just before half time, I started feeling a little nauseous. I told my son we have to leave the ball game, but it's a very good thing I didn't, thirty seconds before half time, I went out completely." Two ladies, both medical professionals, women he now calls his guardian angels, were sitting in the stands near him, and rushed to help administer CPR. Cribb says, "I woke up, I was still in the stands. We had some folks working on me that were workers right here at the hospital. I can't express the thanks I have for them. They saved my life."
Debra Locklear, a cardiac nurse and Angela Holten, a respiratory therapist at Trident Health System jumped into action. Locklear says, "He was not breathing. He did not have a pulse, so we started CPR right away. I feel really blessed that I was there, and we were able to get him back on his feet."
Complete story>> http://www2.counton2.com/news/2010/aug/30/football-fans-help-save-berkeley-county-mans-live--ar-768803/