Firefighter Saves Heart-Attack Victim on D.C. Court
posted 4:46 pm Mon February 18, 2008 - Washington
A 30-year-old man suffered a heart attack while playing basketball on a D.C. court.
That's when a Brian Long's firefighter training kicked into action. The 25-year-old D.C. firefighter's team had just finished their pick-up league game Friday evening at Lafayette Elementary School's basketball court when the man stumble to the ground.
"He ran a few feet and collapsed again so I turned him over and I looked at him his eyes rolled back and he just stopped breathing," Long said.
Long began performing chest compressions and soon he was joined by Anthony Gadson, a pharmaceutical sales representative, who learned CPR years ago and starting assisting with mouth to mouth resuscitation.
"If that were me, somebody would've done the same thing for me, so I feel like I did what I was supposed to do," Gadson explained.
While Long and Gadson worked to keep the victim's heart going, all the players and spectators, including teammate and league commissioner Bob Johnson, gathered around the lifesaving effort.
"We gathered in a circle and one of the wives of one of the players just led us in this huge prayer," said Johnson.
"It makes me feel great," Long told ABC 7/NewsChannel 8. "I am just glad that I am a D.C. Firefighter."
That's when a Brian Long's firefighter training kicked into action. The 25-year-old D.C. firefighter's team had just finished their pick-up league game Friday evening at Lafayette Elementary School's basketball court when the man stumble to the ground.
"He ran a few feet and collapsed again so I turned him over and I looked at him his eyes rolled back and he just stopped breathing," Long said.
Long began performing chest compressions and soon he was joined by Anthony Gadson, a pharmaceutical sales representative, who learned CPR years ago and starting assisting with mouth to mouth resuscitation. "If that were me, somebody would've done the same thing for me, so I feel like I did what I was supposed to do," Gadson explained.
While Long and Gadson worked to keep the victim's heart going, all the players and spectators, including teammate and league commissioner Bob Johnson, gathered around the lifesaving effort.
"We gathered in a circle and one of the wives of one of the players just led us in this huge prayer," said Johnson.
"It makes me feel great," Long told ABC 7/NewsChannel 8. "I am just glad that I am a D.C. Firefighter."
Latest Comment on Firefighter Saves Heart-Attack Victim on D.C. Court
MD_Crab
7:17 pm on 02/18/08
You are a good man, Brian Long.
I salute you!
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