WASHINGTON (AP) — A team of women at a polling place in the nation’s capital helped to save a man who had a heart attack while voting.
WTOP-FM reports that a 75-year-old retired custodian at Barnard Elementary School collapsed Tuesday while voting in a polling place inside the school. Election observer Allie Bobak, school counselor Sandra Montgomery and assistant principal Maribel Vargus quickly worked to save him.
They called 911 and were instructed to start CPR, which they traded off performing for several minutes. They also used an automated external defibrillator on the man before first responders arrived.
D.C. firefighter and paramedic Christopher Boyette credits the women’s teamwork for helping the man breathe again and regain consciousness by the time they arrived.
Was he able to vote?
If I have the opportunity to vote again, it’s going to be where these women are.
Real American heroes.
ETA: I wish they’d been around last night and this morning. There were a lot of moments when I thought I’d had a coronary.
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I will take the good news any day. People still care about people.