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One good turn deserves another
Stranger's kindness repaid when he went into cardiac arrest minutes after helping change fellow motorists' flat tire
Pair saw wife waving from side of road, used CPR to save her husband's life
BY The Associated Press
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, November 8 2011, 8:13 PM
AP
Troopers assisting Victor Giesbrecht, who went into cardiac arrest a quarter-mile away from the spot where he helped Sara Berg (below) and her cousin change a flat tire.
AP
MILWAUKEE -- One good turn deserves another: A stranger stopped to help Sara Berg change a blown tire. Then, minutes later and a quarter-mile down the road, Berg and her cousin repaid the kindness, using CPR to help save the stranger's life when he went into cardiac arrest.
Victor Giesbrecht, 61, was listed in serious but stable condition Tuesday.Giesbrecht and his wife, Ann, of Winnipeg, Canada, were driving Saturday evening on Interstate 94 outside of Menomonie, about 70 miles east of Minneapolis, when they pulled over to help Berg and her cousin, Lisa Meier, with a flat. After about 15 minutes, he and his wife were done, and everyone shook hands.
"He said, Someone up above put me in the right place at the right time,' and I said, ‘Thank God for you,'" Berg, a 40-year-old nursing assistant in the Eau Claire area, recalled Tuesday.
Giesbrecht seemed fine as he drove off, Berg said. She and her cousin followed behind, talking about how thankful they were for the couple's help, when they saw the Giesbrechts' pickup along the side of the road, Giesbrecht's wife waving her hands. He had gone into cardiac arrest, and his wife had helped bring their truck to a stop.
Berg and Meier administered CPR until emergency personnel arrived. A sheriff's deputy used an automated external defibrillator to help Giesbrecht regain a pulse and resume breathing.
"I 100 percent believe God had a huge hand in it and that God did put me and Lisa and all those people in the right place at the right time," Berg said. "I'm grateful for that."
Berg said she and her cousin felt guilty, afraid that the rigors of changing the tire contributed to Giesbrecht's heart trouble. But she said his wife assured her of just the opposite: Berg saved his life.
"We'll forever be in their debt," Ann Giesbrecht said in a statement.
Pair saw wife waving from side of road, used CPR to save her husband's life
BY The Associated Press
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, November 8 2011, 8:13 PM
AP
Troopers assisting Victor Giesbrecht, who went into cardiac arrest a quarter-mile away from the spot where he helped Sara Berg (below) and her cousin change a flat tire.
APMILWAUKEE -- One good turn deserves another: A stranger stopped to help Sara Berg change a blown tire. Then, minutes later and a quarter-mile down the road, Berg and her cousin repaid the kindness, using CPR to help save the stranger's life when he went into cardiac arrest.
Victor Giesbrecht, 61, was listed in serious but stable condition Tuesday.Giesbrecht and his wife, Ann, of Winnipeg, Canada, were driving Saturday evening on Interstate 94 outside of Menomonie, about 70 miles east of Minneapolis, when they pulled over to help Berg and her cousin, Lisa Meier, with a flat. After about 15 minutes, he and his wife were done, and everyone shook hands.
"He said, Someone up above put me in the right place at the right time,' and I said, ‘Thank God for you,'" Berg, a 40-year-old nursing assistant in the Eau Claire area, recalled Tuesday.
Giesbrecht seemed fine as he drove off, Berg said. She and her cousin followed behind, talking about how thankful they were for the couple's help, when they saw the Giesbrechts' pickup along the side of the road, Giesbrecht's wife waving her hands. He had gone into cardiac arrest, and his wife had helped bring their truck to a stop.
Berg and Meier administered CPR until emergency personnel arrived. A sheriff's deputy used an automated external defibrillator to help Giesbrecht regain a pulse and resume breathing.
"I 100 percent believe God had a huge hand in it and that God did put me and Lisa and all those people in the right place at the right time," Berg said. "I'm grateful for that."
Berg said she and her cousin felt guilty, afraid that the rigors of changing the tire contributed to Giesbrecht's heart trouble. But she said his wife assured her of just the opposite: Berg saved his life.
"We'll forever be in their debt," Ann Giesbrecht said in a statement.