A miracle on Field Three: How a Kalamazoo umpire survived after his heart stopped Randy Pack, chief umpire in the City Ball Softball League, survived a heart attack on a Kalamazoo softball field — a recovery that doctors and those around him describe as nothing short of a miracle.
It happened on Friday, Oct. 2, on Field Three. Pack’s heart stopped during a game. He received 55 minutes of CPR and nine shocks before coming back — and now, he’s able to walk the field and tell the story himself.
“The word that was used several times in the hospital was a miracle,” Pack said.
Doctors had prepared his wife, Teri Pack, for the worst, warning she should not expect him to speak or remember…