The Brief
- A 65-year-old man collapsed and stopped breathing inside a Walmart in Bradenton.
- Two shoppers stepped in, one calling 911, the other performing CPR until paramedics arrived.
- The man remains in the ICU, and doctors say the fast response likely saved his life.
BRADENTON, Fla. – Shoppers at the Walmart on Cortez Road West in Bradenton helped save an elderly man on Monday after he collapsed in the freezer aisle and hit his head. Witnesses say the man wasn’t breathing when they reached him.
Two customers, Jennifer Pohlman and Robb Olsen, immediately jumped in. Pohlman called 911 and stayed with the man’s frantic wife, while Olsen, a former volunteer EMT, performed CPR until employees brought over an AED.
Paramedics took the man to HCA Florida Blake Hospital, where he remains in intensive care. According to the family, doctors told them the quick CPR response likely made the difference.…