By Joe Ragusa
BLOOMINGTON – Four people have been honored by the American Heart Association for their work helping Dr. Bill Neil survive an episode of cardiac arrest in December.
Neil collapsed while working out at the Four Seasons Health Club II in Bloomington. Three employees and a member helped keep Neil alive by administering a defibrillator and performing CPR.
“It started out as a typical morning,” Four Seasons Manager Mikey Shea said. “Then around 6:10 a.m., someone called me to the cardio area and told me that someone had gone down.”
Four Seasons Spokeswoman Stephanie Robertson said Shea wasn’t even supposed to be there that day.
“This happened at Four Seasons II and Mikey is generally at our Four Seasons I location,” Robertson said. “He had randomly picked up a shift for another employee over there, so it was very much having the right employee at the right time.”
Robertson says Four Seasons is proud of the way Shea and the others handled the situation. The three others honored as Heartsaver Heroes this week are Four Seasons member Mary Beth Burger, Customer Service Representative Terry Thomas II and Fitness Center Supervisor Nick Law.
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