Good Samaritans jump in to help woman whose son suffered seizure in Phoenixville

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A Phoenixville mother is expressing gratitude after three strangers came to her aid when her teenage son suffered a sudden seizure while they were driving through town.
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THAT STORY. NOW THE DETAILS.
TONIGHT, THREE GOOD SAMARITANS
HAPPEN TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE
AT THE RIGHT TIME OVER THE
WEEKEND IN CHESTER COUNTY. THEY
CAME ACROSS A MOTHER IN
DOWNTOWN PHOENIXVILLE WHO
DESPERATELY NEEDED HELP AS HER
SON WAS UNCONSCIOUS IN HER
VEHICLE. ACTION NEWS REPORTER
WALTER PEREZ IS LIVE IN
PHOENIXVILLE WITH THAT STORY
TONIGHT.
>> WALTER AND RICK, AS YOU SEE
HOW THIS STORY PLAYS OUT,
YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY THE MOM
BELIEVES DIVINE INTERVENTION
WAS AT PLAY. IN THE MEANTIME,
SHE JUST WANTS TO THANK THE
PEOPLE WHO HELPED HER IN HER
MOMENT OF DESPERATION. JANESSA
BRODERICK SAYS SHE WAS DRIVING
HER SON WESTON TO GET A HAIRCUT
IN PHOENIXVILLE THIS PAST
SATURDAY MORNING, WHEN THE 15
YEAR OLD SUDDENLY SLUMPED OVER
TO THE SIDE.
>> I THOUGHT HE WAS MESSING
AROUND AND I WAS TICKED OFF
BECAUSE HE WAS LATE COMING OUT
OF THE HOUSE, SO I'M LIKE, YOU
KNOW, GET OFF ME! WHAT ARE YOU
DOING?
>> BUT THIS WAS NO JOKE.
JANESSA PULLED OVER ALONG THIS
STRETCH OF BRIDGE STREET IN
PHOENIXVILLE AND QUICKLY
REALIZED HER SON, WITH NO
PREEXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS,
WAS SUFFERING A SEIZURE.
>> AT THIS POINT, HE'S TURNING
GRAY, AND I'M SCREAMING HIS
NAME AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS.
>> THREE RANDOM PEOPLE QUICKLY
CONVERGED TO HELP. ONE WAS A
NURSE, ANOTHER WAS A
FIREFIGHTER, AND THE THIRD WAS
JUST A GOOD SAMARITAN WHO
CALLED 911.
>> THE 16 YEAR OLD MALE HAVING
AN ACTIVE SEIZURE.
>> AS THE NURSE AND THE
FIREFIGHTER STARTED RENDERING
FIRST AID AND EMS CREW SHOWED
UP MOMENTS LATER TO QUICKLY
TAKE WESTON TO THE HOSPITAL.
WESTON IS HOME WITH HIS FAMILY
WITH NO MEMORY OF WHAT HAPPENED
THAT DAY. STILL, HE SAYS HE
WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN TO
THANK THE PEOPLE WHO JUST MIGHT
HAVE SAVED HIS LIFE.
>> IF I HAD THE CHANCE, I WOULD
OBVIOUSLY LOVE TO MEET THE
SAMARITANS WHO HELPED ME, AND
I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL THAT
THEY WERE THERE AT THE RIGHT
TIME.
>> JANESSA ADDS THAT IN A TIME
WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD
RATHER SHOOT VIDEO THAN HELP
SOMEONE IN NEED, IT'S GOOD TO
KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME
PEOPLE WITH THEIR HEARTS IN THE
RIGHT PLACE.
>> THEY COULD HAVE EASILY KEPT
WALKING TO GET COFFEE OR GO TO
THE GYM WHEREVER IT WAS THEY
WERE GOING THAT MORNING, BUT
THEY CARED ENOUGH TO TO HELP A
SCREAMING MOM FIGURE IT OUT.
>> NOW, WESTON IS STILL BEING
TESTED TO SEE WHY HE SEES THAT
DAY, BUT IT CERTAINLY SEEMS
LIKE HE'S MAKING A FULL
RECOVERY. MEANWHILE, IF YOU OR
SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS AMONG THE
THREE GOOD SAMARITANS IN THIS
STORY, JANESSA WOULD FORMALLY
LIKE TO THANK YOU. SO IF THAT'S
YOU, GO TO 6 ABC DOT COM, SEND
US A MESSAGE AND WE WILL GET
YOU INTO CONTACT. REPORTING
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