April 21, 2008

Positivity: Fresno Man Meets Police Officer Who Saved His Life

Filed under: Positivity — TBlumer @ 5:56 am

From Fresono, California (video is at link):

Posted: April 12, 2008 01:41 AM

The last time Fresno Police Officer James Lyon saw William Davis, Davis was near death.

“When I got to the house, there was chaos inside. The family was crying. There were people upstairs and downstairs. His wife led me to him and he was on the floor in the living room,” Lyon said.

It was June 2007 and Davis’ family called 911 after what they know now was a heart attack and a stroke.

“He didn’t have a pulse. He wasn’t breathing,” Lyon said.

The officer with just two years of police work under his belt knew there was no time to think.

“He was the first person I’d actually done CPR on. I was one for one, pretty good,” Lyon said.

“You’ve given me a second chance and I’m going to use the second chance to the best of my abilities,” William Davis said.

Once complete strangers, their lives are now connected forever.

“It’s unreal. It really is. I don’t know what to say. It’s amazing,” Lyon said.

“Thank you Officer Lyon so very much,” Davis told him. ….

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