Stricken in Plane, Man Revived
A 52-year-old Anchorage, Alaska, citizen, who collapsed and was given up for dead while on a plane 30 minutes out of Anchorage, was revived by members of the city’s fire rescue team.
Fire Chief George Burns, who boarded the plane when it returned hurriedly to Anchorage’s International Airport, said the victim was lying in the aisle and had no pulse. Artificial respiration was at once begun and the patient responded. He was quickly transferred to the rescue truck and rushed to the hospital, respiration being continued en route. About 15 minutes after arrival at the hospital, the patient sat up, talked and appeared to be in good health, nevertheless he was detained at the hospital.
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