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It's a story that might restore your faith in humanity. A Canal Fulton man is alive and doing well after suffering cardiac arrest on the side of busy Interstate 77.Not only did the Ohio State Highway Patrol Troopers run to help Paul Weitzel, but many strangers were there to help in the right place at the right time.'It's been awesome. I mean, you know my dad is just really thankful,' said Erin Swartzwelder, Paul Weitzel's daughter.
And when seconds matter, Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper Anthony Whitacre pulls up to the scene, running to Weitzel with an AED.'The citizens that were there to help them were taking their own time, putting their own safety at risk, and using their skills to help him, and we did it all as a team,' said Whitacre.'For Trooper Whitacre, I know he said he's just doing his job that day, but I know that he was doing a phenomenal job,' said Lt.
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