Heres another story along the same theme, that happened at work about 3 years ago. On each crew we have 3 to 5 rescue squad members, they can be equipment operators or mechanics in the workshop or someone elsewhere, and if an emergency is called in they are the ones that will respond, manning the ambulance and fire truck which are at the gatehouse. The time this truck driver had the heart attack and rolled to a stop against a berm, was just at the end of night and one of the operator/rescue squad members was driving behind in a light vehicle and realised something was wrong and after a few quick checks called in an emergency and at that exact time there were other rescue squad members coming through the gatehouse for day shift and were right beside the ambulance which has the defib gear on board which got there in record time. Then to get an unconscience man down from a haultruck a couple of extra hands were needed . He lived and is still living. At one of our safety meetings someone said lightheartdly that if you are going to have a heart attack or something do it at shift change.
I guess what I'm trying to say there is probably a lot of people saved when all the right elements come together at the right time, some we hear about a lot we don't. Stock said something like, when your time is up,its up but this mans wasn't. Nor was Keiths.:angel
Wonder if anyone else has a story when everything comes together just right.