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Hero Officers Help Bring Back Man Who Had No Heartbeat

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Two Baltimore Police Department officers are being hailed as heroes after coming to the aid of a man who had no heartbeat.

On Saturday, officer Curtis and officer Caudle were on foot patrol near Pratt St. and Carey St., when they saw a man in his 60s who they believed had fallen out of a chair.

The officers found that the man was not breathing and had no heartbeat.

They immediately began CPR, and managed to help the man get a heartbeat.

The man was breathing when paramedics arrived, and he was taken to a local hospital, where his condition is unknown at this time.

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