Editor’s Note: The below video could be considered shocking or disturbing to the viewer. Viewer discretion is advised. Officials have released video showing bystanders saving the life of a man who collapsed and went into cardiac arrest while working out at a Lake in the Hills gym in December. Lake in the Hills resident Brian […]
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Bystanders, paramedics receive lifesaving awards for reviving man that nearly died at Lake in the Hills gym
Bystanders and first responders received lifesaving awards this week for saving the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest while working out at a Lake in the Hills gym. Lake in the Hills resident Brian Kuhn was riding a stationary bike at Anytime Fitness, 9521 Ackman Road in Lake in the Hills, on […]
Good Samaritans honored for saving 11-year-old boy from Bangs Lake in Wauconda
Two fishermen who saved an 11-year-old boy from Bangs Lake in Wauconda during an incident that left a second boy dead in 2019 received lifesaving awards on Wednesday. Scott Bellanger and Michael Graves were on a fishing boat on April 19, 2019, on Bangs Lake in Wauconda. Marquis Montez, who was 11 at the time, […]
Lake Zurich police officer receives award for saving life of 70-year-old woman
A Lake Zurich police officer has been awarded for providing CPR and reviving a 70-year-old woman who was not breathing earlier this month. On August 2, Officer Greg Kingery responded to a report of an unconscious person at a home in Lake Zurich, according to a statement released by the Lake Zurich Police Department. A […]
Paramedics, dispatchers and police officer honored for saving life of unresponsive person in Vernon Hills
Six firefighters and paramedics along with two dispatchers and a police officer were honored for all helping to save the life of a person who was unconscious and not breathing in Vernon Hills. Countryside Fire Dispatch received a 911 call for a person not breathing on October 12 in Vernon Hills, according to officials. Telecommunicators […]
5 Lake Zurich police officers receive lifesaving awards
Five police officers received awards for saving the lives of two people during separate incidents this summer in Lake Zurich, officials said. Lake Zurich Police Chief Steve Husak recently presented department lifesaving awards to officers who he said went above and beyond the call of duty in July and August. The first incident occurred on […]