It’s been a tough week for first responders in Metro Detroit and Saturday a group was honored for their life-saving actions.
A group of Shelby Township firefighters and a dispatcher were recognized for keeping a man alive through a heart attack. That man’s daughter was also honored for making all the right calls.
“Kind of speechless about it,” Mike Redford said.
Redford, 70, went into cardiac arrest in October. The fire department said his heart stopped beating and he stopped breathing while he was home.
His daughter, Tammy, is a nurse at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital. She called 911 and then started CPR.
Shelby Township fire chief said Redford passed away three times as his crews worked on him on the way to the hospital.
“I am really thankful they were there so fast,” Redford said.