Fans at Michigan-Notre Dame game save life of heart attack victim
AED, CPR saves die-hard football fan from dying at game
Leo Staudacher, 69, says he’ll never root against the Wolverines again after suffering a cardiac arrest at the University of Michigan-Notre Dame game Sept. 10.
His heart stopped beating during the second quarter of the game that drew a record-setting attendance of 114,804 to the U-M stadium. Staudacher felt a sharp pain in his chest and shoulder and thought it was indigestion or heartburn, but after sitting down, he leaned forward and passed out in the stands.
Fortunately those around him knew CPR. Dentist Marvin Sonne began chest compressions, while others called for help from the emergency medicine team stationed at the stadium.