Retired Chicago Fire Department Lt. Robert "Bob" Zolna visits the firehouse in Mount Greenwood six days a week to have coffee with firefighters, paramedics and others.
But at 6:49 p.m. Feb. 9, those same firefighters and emergency personnel were dispatched to Zolna's home in West Beverly. They found him suffering from low blood sugar, which sent him into cardiac arrest.
The medics shocked Zolna's heart six times in 10 minutes and were able to revive him. He's since returned to the firehouse at 3112 W. 111th St. — seated in the same chair surrounded by the men and women who saved his life.
"You guys did a helluva a job," Zolna, 75, said Saturday morning. "I have nothing but thanks for the guys that are sitting in here."