A woman jogging alone through a quiet tree-lined neighborhood collapses, face-first, onto the ground.
Seeing the woman face-down in the grass, Blantz pulled a U-turn, jumped out of his car, found her unresponsive, called 911, rolled her on her back and began CPR.
Another jogger had stopped to help while Blantz was on the phone with emergency dispatchers. Blantz handed him the phone and began CPR.
He continued chest compressions as medics arrived less than a minute later and took over respiration.
The EMTs then used an automated external defibrillator to start the woman’s pulse again.
The jogger was taken to the hospital, where she remained unconscious — and unidentified — until Tuesday, when she awoke and was able to provide police with her mother’s name.
“I want her family to know,” Blantz said, “that individuals were there, that a complete stranger is willing to jump in and help at a moment’s notice and not expect anything from anybody.”
“I feel I did my duty in helping another citizen,” Blantz said.
