When Tim Cernohous went into cardiac arrest and collapsed 30 yards from the finish line of the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon two weeks ago, a nearby runner stopped to help him.
That runner, it turns out, is a Duluth firefighter and Essentia Health paramedic. The Duluth Fire Department reported this week that Paul Gucinski, who has worked in Duluth for five years after six years with the Virginia Fire Department, was the runner who stopped to check Cernohous and then assisted first responders.
Cernohous had collapsed on the ground when Gucinski saw him from a ways back.