Off the clock and nearly out the door of the Fishers Wal-Mart, Sgt. Darrin Emmons couldn’t ignore yelling in the produce isle.
I ran over and saw that there was a gentleman on the ground and he appeared unconscious and he was turning blue,” said Sgt. Darrin Emmons.
Two women started CPR. Sgt. Emmons bolted to his car. Like all Fishers police officers, he is equipped with an Automatic External Defibrillator.
“It did a read out on him and advised to shock, and it delivered a shock to the guy and it appeared that he started breathing,” said Sgt. Emmons.
Wendell Hunsucker the Survivor
Within seconds, shock waves jolted 80-year-old Wendell Hunsucker.
Now recovering after a week in the hospital, Hunsucker has heard all about his revival.
“I don’t remember anything,” said Hunsucker.
“It shows you have guardian angels. That’s what I would say. I had somebody looking after me,” he said.
“If it hadn’t been for Sgt. Emmons, “I wouldn’t be talking to you. That’s for sure.”
Hunsucker also gives the women who performed CPR on him a lot of credit. One of them an occupational therapist who lives in Fishers. But mainly he hopes this will prompt stores and businesses to keep a portable AED on site for emergencies.
“I will never be able to thank the people that helped me out,” he said. “Everything went my way. I been trying to win that damn lottery for 25 years. I guess I finally won it. I got my life back.”
