INDIANAPOLIS - Two
months ago, Don Weir collapsed in the locker room after going for a swim at the
IUPUI Natatorium. Several lifeguards rushed into action doing CPR and heart
compressions, then shocking his heart with a defibrillator until paramedics
arrived. Weir doesn't
remember the frightening moment. But he says he'll never forget the young men
and women who saved him.
"I was
overwhelmed when I found out what happened. It's taken awhile to recover. First
thing I wanted to do was to get back and thank the kids that saved my
life."
"That'll
always stick with me when I'm in that chair up there," explains lifeguard
Jeremy Sherer. "I'll always be alert. I'll always be aware of what's going
on just because you know I know it could happen."
Weir plans to go
swimming again when his doctors allow it.
SOURCE: WXIN-TV,
Indianapolis