VIDEO: A firefighter with Lake Country Fire & Rescue proved first responders are always on the job.
When Matthew Haerter boarded a flight to Arizona last week, he was ready for a little R&R.
"It was very last minute to head west," he said.
Fate had another idea. The assistant chief of Lake Country Fire & Rescue found himself on one of the most stressful shifts of his entire career. It happened on a Southwest flight departing Milwaukee on Sunday, March 17.
A passenger on board lost consciousness halfway through the flight. At the back of the plane, Haerter said the crew wasn’t sure if the man was still breathing.
"It would have been something that probably could have gone a different direction if the individual had not been treated in the way they were," he said.