An AC maintenance call became a life saving moment for this Tennessee man when he found his life in jeopardy two weeks ago. Cameron Lowe said it was a normal day, a normal service call. But he was there for David Killian when he needed him most.
After a rescheduled visit, Lowe came to work on the Killian's AC unit. Meanwhile, David Killian mowed the backyard a few feet away. He took a break and said "They talk about chest pains in your jaw and your shoulder and all that. I never had any of those pains whatsoever. I just got dizzy and blacked out. And sweated a lot." He sat on the backyard swing.
Cameron's work had just finished up when he realized David was having a heart attack. "I said, 'Mr. David, I'm all finished.' And he didn't respond." so he called 911 and never having done it before, performed CPR as directed by the operator.
"I can't put words to it. I don't feel like those were my hands. I did CPR for 11 minutes. And from what I understand, that's kind of unheard of," Lowe says.
A dispatcher walked him through step by step. Marilyn Killian, David's wife, says she's grateful for the dispatcher's guidance. "We're grateful to her, whoever she is, hopefully she'll see this."
At first, Marilyn had no idea what the two men faced.
"I got home as quick as I could, not really knowing the outcome or how badly he was hurt or anything."
David spent four days in the ICU and found out an allergic reaction had inflamed his heart almost a week before the attack. "I had three blood clots and, and they cleaned those up, and they put in another stint."
Since the incident, David has met up with his hero several times."I think God stopped my heart to open up Cameron's heart, because this past Sunday, Cameron went to church with us." But Cameron says David saved his life too.
"Mr. David's a veteran. He don't like to talk about it, but he's the real hero."
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