Back Row – Fire Chief Jack McElfish, Jason Ellis, Matt Spence (RMA), Reggie McClendon, Troy Satterfield, Dereko Robinson, Chip Possinger, Shannon Cichosz, Front row – Kirk Caldwell, Jesse Haney, Daniel Robinson, Mayor Eva Galambos, Nem Pavlovic, Chris Mileshko, Deputy Fire Chief Dennis Ham, City Manager John McDonough

On Nov. 15, the city of Sandy Springs honored several of the members of its fire and rescue team with its regular Save Awards. One of the incidents mentioned during the award presentation occurred on Sept. 11, 2011 when Sandy Springs Fire Rescue personnel responded to a cardiac arrest call at 5470 Meridian Marks. Crews were able to use their training and equipment to shock the 68-year-old man’s heart back to life while he was on the way to the hospital.

Dan Whisenhunt wrote for Reporter Newspapers from 2011-2014. He is the founder and editor of Decaturish.com