Former Calgary Flames co-captain and Hockey Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald surprised a city police officer who helped save his life earlier this year by paying him a visit with the Stanley Cup in tow.
Const. Jose Cives performed chest compressions on McDonald at Calgary91裸聊视频檚 airport in early February after the 71-year-old collapsed while returning from the NHL91裸聊视频檚 all-star game in Toronto.
Cives had no idea that McDonald, who played with the team during its 1989 Stanley Cup win, was coming to a fundraising event on Friday put on by the Calgary Police Rodeo Association, nor did he know that McDonald would also be accompanied by his former teammates Tim Hunter, Colin Patterson and Rick Wamsley.
In a video posted online by the Calgary Flames, Cives says he got a call over his radio in February saying a man had collapsed, prompting him to race to the scene. He performed chest compressions and used an automated external defribrilator on McDonald until EMS arrived.
Cives and McDonald now go for coffee and share laughs these days, with Cives saying they get along 91裸聊视频渂rilliantly.91裸聊视频�
McDonald calls Cives, who is listed as a director with the rodeo association, a 91裸聊视频渓ocal hero91裸聊视频� in the video and says it was 91裸聊视频渆xtremely special91裸聊视频� to bring the Stanley Cup to him and his fellow officers.
91裸聊视频淲e had given them a couple of auction items, but to be able to surprise them, be here, knowing they make such a difference in the community, is so rewarding, and what a great way to thank Jose,91裸聊视频� McDonald said in the video.
The Flames legend also thanked 91裸聊视频渢wo beautiful nurses91裸聊视频� who he said also jumped in to save his life.
Cives said he91裸聊视频檚 been told he was working on McDonald for ten minutes before emergency responders took over.
91裸聊视频淭here were many times when I thought that Lanny wasn91裸聊视频檛 going to make it through, but I wasn91裸聊视频檛 going to stop until I got some sort of result,91裸聊视频� Cives recounted of that day in the airport.
91裸聊视频淭here isn91裸聊视频檛 a day that goes by where he doesn91裸聊视频檛 remind me that I91裸聊视频檓 the man that broke him 91裸聊视频� his ribs, his sternum 91裸聊视频� but on the flipside, he always tells me that he91裸聊视频檚 forever thankful that I was one of the people that saved his life.91裸聊视频�
McDonald, originally from Hanna, Alta., was released from Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary two weeks after his cardiac event.
Friday91裸聊视频檚 fundraiser also raised money for the Missing Children91裸聊视频檚 Society of Canada.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e all teammates, but they have a different kind of teammate challenge and it91裸聊视频檚 great to be able to support them here tonight,91裸聊视频� McDonald said.
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