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A Canadian who saw a woman stranded on a Wisconsin highway with a flat tire stopped and helped — only to have the tables turned on him a few miles down the road when she saved his life.<\/p>\n

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Sara Berg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Indiana-bound Victor Giesbrecht, 61, a father of four from Winnipeg, was driving east Saturday evening on Interstate 94,”\u00a0report\u00a0Paul Walsh and Gabrielle Giroday in the\u00a0Winnipeg Free Press<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>, “when he stopped to help cousins Sara Berg and Lisa Meier, both of Eau Claire, get rolling again.”<\/p>\n

The two women\u00a0were struggling on the shoulder with\u00a0a flat and were grateful when the grandfatherly Giesbrecht\u00a0pulled over\u00a0and lent a hand.<\/p>\n

“Good deed accomplished, and just minutes after getting back behind the wheel,”\u00a0reports the Free Press,<\/em>\u00a0“Giesbrecht was stricken with a heart attack. His wife, Ann, at his side helped bring their pickup truck to a stop.<\/p>\n

“Seemingly right on cue, along came the car he had just helped get back on the road. Ann Giesbrecht was on the phone and waving her arms in search of help.”<\/p>\n

This time it was\u00a0Sara who\u00a0got to be the Good Samaritan. She’s a nurse. As\u00a0Ann called 911,\u00a0Sara began cardiopulmonary resuscitation — and kept\u00a0Giesbrecht alive\u00a0until emergency personnel arrived.<\/p>\n

“I talked to Sara on Sunday night and told her, ‘You actually saved his life,’ ” Mrs. Giesbrecht said Monday from the Mayo Clinic’s Eau Claire facility, where Victor\u00a0remained in serious condition.<\/p>\n

Why did he stop to help two strangers? Ann said Victor “always wants to stop” and help when he sees folks in need. “He’s the type of person who gives you 100 per cent and worries about himself later.”<\/p>\n

“There’s some good people out there,” said Allen Giesbrecht,\u00a0Victor’s brother,\u00a0who\u00a0told the Free Press<\/em>\u00a0he was grateful his brother had received assistance. “When you’re on the road, you never know what can happen.”<\/p>\n

Trooper Kate Sampson was the first responder on the scene and was told by\u00a0Sara that Victor “had no pulse and was not breathing.” Dunn County Deputy\u00a0Scott Pace\u00a0arrived with\u00a0an automated external defibrillator (AED), which restored Victor’s heartbeat.<\/p>\n

A medical helicopter whisked Giesbrecht to Eau Claire.<\/p>\n

State Patrol Sgt. Michael Newton\u00a0said the Giesbrechts’ Good Samaritan act played a key role. The two cousins immediately recognized their benefactor and\u00a0didn’t hesitate to stop — whereas they might have been cautious had Mrs. Giesbrecht been a total stranger waving for help.<\/p>\n

“It could have been a different outcome,” Newton said. “It’s an interesting turn of fate.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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