BASKETBALL COACH IS ALIVE
BECAUSE A FELLOW TEACHER WAS IN
THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT
TIME.
LAST FRIDAY CHRIS OHER HAD A
HEART ATTACK INSIDE THE SCHOOL
GYM.
LUCKILY HIS COWORKER KNEW WHAT
TODAY.
Reporter: COACH OHER HAD
JUST FINISHED RUNNING LAPS WHEN
HE COLLAPSED.
FORTUNATELY FOR HIM, FELLOW GYM
TEACHER TRACY CASANO DECIDED TO
USE HER PREP HOUR TO RUN IN THE
GYM.
TRACY ADMINISTERED CPR TO CHRIS
AND ASSISTED OTHERS IN USING A
DEFIBRILLATOR ON HIM.
COULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING IN
THE CAR, ANYWHERE.
COULD HAVE WENT FOR A WALK
OUTSIDE AT SCHOOL AND JUST,
KIND OF EERIE.
THAT'S THE ONE PLACE I REALLY
NEEDED TO BE.
CHRIS HAS A WIFE AND TWO
YOUNG DAUGHTERS.
HIS L.E.D.
ARTERY WAS 99% BLOCKED.
SO IF HIS COWORKER WASN'T RIGHT
THERE IMMEDIATELY READY TO DO
CPR AND THERE WASN'T AN AED
RIGHT OUTSIDE THE GYMNASIUM,
THEN HE DEFINITELY WOULDN'T
STILL BE HERE.
Reporter: THE NEXT DAY THE
GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM WORE
SHOE STRINGS THAT WERE GREEN,
HIS FAVORITE COLOR TO THEIR
GAME.
THEY WON.
TONIGHT THE TEAM IS PLAYING IN
THE SECTION FINALS.
IT'S THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW
ROSEMOUNT HAS FACED THEIR RIVAL
EAST VIEW IN THIS GAME.
EASTVIEW WON THE LAST TWO
TIMES.
COACH ORR WILL BE THERE, BUT
NOT THE ANIMATED, ENERGETIC
VERSION.
HIS DOCTORS HAVE ADVISED HIM TO
AVOID STRESS.
I KNOW THAT DURING GAMES HIS
BLOOD PRESSURE MOST LIKELY IS
HIGH.
HE SWEATS ALL THE TIME, AS YOU
CAN SEE.
HE'S SWEATING NOW.
BUT THAT'S JUST HIM.
I'M GOING TO GO THERE, RIDE
THE BUS UP AND KIND OF BE AN
ASSISTANT COACHING ROLE AS FAR
AS SILTING ON THE BENCH AS LONG
AS I CONTINUE TO FEEL WELL.
IT'S GOING TO BE CHILL
TONIGHT.
CHRIS ORR ONLY SPENT ONE NIGHT
IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER HIS HEART
ATTACK.
DOCTORS WERE ABLE TO PUT IN A
STENT TO UNCLOG THAT ARTERY.
HE'S 33 YEARS OLD AND HAS NO
HISTORY OF HEART DISEASE.
BECAUSE HE WAS IN SUCH GOOD
HEALTH PRIOR TO THIS THAT'S WHY
HIS RECOVERY HAS GONE WELL.
