This is the beautiful story of this Saturday evening. It all started on Twitter, a user of which shares a photo taken at Parc Monceau, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. On his photo, we can see a thank you message on a poster hanging on a pole.
“You saved my husband’s life, it says. A man went into cardiac arrest in Parc Monceau. Thanks to someone who gave him a cardiac massage, he survived and will have little after-effects. Thank you from all our family ”. The photo posted by this Internet user was shared 2,400 times and “liked” by nearly 13,000 network users.
Beyond the emotion aroused by this message, a woman is really looking for an everyday hero or heroine. The one who wrote the text is called Lori Hinnant and her husband Peter is the miracle. Here is the story as she told us behind her call “to find and thank this person”.
Fast and effective heart massage that saved his life
It is shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday when her husband warns her that he is going to run in Parc Monceau, very close to their home in the 17th arrondissement. A habit for this sportsman, a fan of cycling. At 7.15 p.m., when he had to return before the curfew, Lori, an American journalist corresponding in France, worries that he will not return. Finally, his cell phone will ring. It’s Peter. Or rather, his phone. “I only heard the siren from the ambulance… I understood that something was going on,” says Lori. If this call is surely coming from her husband’s connected headphones, there is no one on the line.