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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVoter Appears to Die, Then Asks 'Did I Vote?'
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121106/METRO02/211060410Ty Houston, 48, a home care registered nurse, was toiling on his absentee ballot Monday afternoon when things got strange at township offices on 13 Mile.
"I was filling out the form as were an elderly couple sitting at a nearby table," said Houston on Tuesday. "His wife, who was helping him fill out the ballot, asked him a couple of questions but he didn't respond. She screamed for help and I went over to see what I could do."
Houston laid the victim on the floor and went to work.
"He was dead," Houston said. "He had no heartbeat and he wasn't breathing. I started CPR, and after a few minutes, he revived and started breathing again. He knew his name and his wife's name."
What happened next astounded Houston and the victim's wife.
"The first question he asked was 'Did I vote?'"
Dumbfounded, the man's wife told him that whether he voted was the least of their concerns.
"She told him 'Your life is my concern,'" Houston said.
According to Houston, the man who had a tracheotomy in his throat gulped down a few more breaths and then told her there are only two things that are important to me: "That I love you and that I finished what I came here to do vote."
Which he had done.
more: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121106/METRO02/211060410
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Voter Appears to Die, Then Asks 'Did I Vote?' (Original Post)
trailmonkee
Nov 2012
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freshwest
(53,661 posts)1. Bravo! And thanks to all in the story!
panAmerican
(1,206 posts)2. Well, then!
an was watching over him.
savebigbird
(417 posts)3. Did he die?!?
I'm too tired to read between the lines...
newfie11
(8,159 posts)4. Nope nt
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)5. what a good man