Man’s Life Saved Minutes After Helping Strangers In Wis.

MENOMONIE, Wis. (WCCO) — Just minutes after changing a flat tire for strangers on a Wisconsin interstate, a Good Samaritan needed life-saving help from the people he just met. On Saturday night, two cousins were heading home to Eau Claire on Interstate 94 when they hit a snag in Menomonie.

“All of a sudden, I heard this loud noise, got out and looked and we had a flat tire,” Sara Berg said. However, Berg and Lisa Meir didn’t have time to panic.“We weren’t on the side of the road that long before he came to help us,” Berg said.
A man by the name of Victor Giesbrecht stopped, changed their tire and had them on the road in 15 minutes.

Less than two miles after that tire change, Giesbrecht had to pull over himself. Berg spotted his wife outside waving her arms for help. Giesbrecht was in cardiac arrest. Berg, a certified nursing assistant, wasted no time, started CPR and called for help. The following moments are all captured on dash cam video from a Wisconsin State Trooper. You can hear rescue crews telling him “Can you hear us at all? Hang in there bud!” Trooper Kate Sampson and Dunn County Deputy Scott Pace were first on scene. “I couldn’t have been any closer unless I was right there. Trooper Sampson was in the same area,” Pace said. Dunn County deputies carry AED’s in all their cars. It took three shocks to get Giesbrecht back.

A helicopter flew Geisbrecht to Mayo Luther in Eau Claire. Giesbrecht is in serious, but stable condition. He and his wife were driving from Canada when this all happened. Berg and Meir said they will ever forget what he told them after fixing their flat. “‘Someone up above put me in the right place at the right time.’ I said, ‘thank you and God bless you,’” Berg said.

At first, Berg and Meir were very worried that changing that tire caused Geisbrecht to go into cardiac arrest but his wife told them they actually saved his life.

Source: CBS - Minnesota - sbclocal.com

Family Pays It Forward in Honor of Slain Canton Man

CANTON, Ohio— A young Canton man, known for his giving spirit, is remembered on what should have been a special day for him. Although he is gone, he is still giving back to the community in his own way. Family and friends of Dale Settle, Jr. took to a Canton neighborhood with groceries in hand Sunday as a pay it forward (act of kindness) in Dale's name. His mom, Sharon Lane, said that's something Dale would do. "He was always giving to everybody," she said.

They were celebrating the way Dale lived and not the way he died. Dale was on his way to bible study when he was shot in an apparent robbery attempt on September 22. He took a bullet, shielding two friends from harm. "As he fell to the ground, he was holding his bible, and he said, 'Forgive them,' and he started praying for the guy who shot him," Lane said.

300 bags of groceries were delivered to families on the street near where Dale was killed -- on the day Dale would have turned 23. "We're just passing out Thanksgiving goods in his name to do something positive," his sister Jackie Settle said. "Dale was the most amazing son. Twenty-three years ago today, he came into this world, and he left the world a better place because of who he was and what he did. I love him, and I miss him," his mom said.

Dale's aunt spread the word about the grocery giveaway on Facebook. More than a thousand people responded to the post, vowing to deliver an act of kindness in Dale's name.

Source: Fox8.com