Nearly two months after suffering a major heart attack, one Hillsboro man has a second chance at life.
On Thursday, he got the chance to thank the first responders who saved his life.
“I’m just so grateful to all of you for helping me have this second stage in life,” said Sean Walkenhorst.
It was a heart-warming reunion as Walkenhorst met the first responders who saved his life for the first time since his heart attack. “This came as a shock,” he said. “I never had any previous issues or problems.”
On April 5, Walkenhorst, 50, had come home from playing basketball when he went into cardiac arrest.
“And then I guess as my wife came up the stairs, I called out -- I was more told than remember -- but I said, ‘April, call 911.’ And then a few seconds later, I lost consciousness and fell off the bed.”