Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative<\/a>\u2019s Seth Greco, FSU offensive lineman Jayden Todd and Citrus County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Robbie Crosnoe received the agency\u2019s Life Saving Medal during a July 7 ceremony for their \u201cquick thinking, courage and decisive actions.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cI was just in the right place at the right time,\u201d Greco said after the ceremony. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have been able to live with myself if I hadn\u2019t helped.\u201d<\/p>\n
Greco, his younger brother and father were on a fishing trip near the Chassahowitzka River before heading toward Homosassa for lunch. As they neared the mouth of the Homosassa River, they saw Crosnoe hoisting an unconscious man on a boat before performing CPR. The sheriff patrol boat was nearby, and the victim\u2019s family were in their vessel, waving for help.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told my dad, \u2018Hey, we can\u2019t let this guy do CPR by himself,\u2019\u201d Greco said. \u201c\u2018That needs more than one person.\u2019 I just had to jump in the water real quick and get onto their boat.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Greco family had the skills to help. The son of a Tampa firefighter and a former firefighter and EMT himself, Greco maneuvered his boat closer to the sheriff. He jumped into the water, swam to the boat and began to assist with CPR and an automated external defibrillator.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe guy was in bad shape,\u201d Greco said. \u201cHis face had turned purple.\u201d<\/p>\n
Greco and Crosnoe restored the man\u2019s pulse and transferred the victim onto the patrol boat. Greco continued providing CPR and monitoring his condition, while Crosnoe navigated the nearly 15-minute trip back to shore at Riverhaven Marina.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told the deputy, \u2018I\u2019ve got him covered. Just get him to shore,\u2019\u201d Greco said.<\/p>\n
During the trip, he said the victim partially regained consciousness and was able to say his name but remained disoriented.<\/p>\n
Todd\u2019s role in the rescue came before Greco\u2019s arrival. The football player and friends were in another boat nearby when they saw the man unresponsive in the water. Todd jumped in and helped pull the victim back on his boat.<\/p>\n
Once Crosnoe and Greco got to shore, the victim, Michael Hoffmann, was transported to a nearby hospital and learned that he\u2019d suffered a heart attack while swimming. According to reports from the Citrus County Sheriff, the successful rescue was the result of multiple people acting swiftly \u201cat exactly the right moment,\u201d said Gary Steele, manager of member relations at the Dade City-based co-op.<\/p>\n
Greco and Hoffmann met during the awards ceremony. \u201cIt was awesome,\u201d Greco said. \u201cI\u2019m so glad that it had a great outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n
Greco\u2019s willingness to literally jump into action showcases the commitment of WREC employees to \u201cserving others both on and off the job,\u201d said WREC Executive Vice President and General Manager David Lambert. \u201cHis willingness to act without hesitation, combined with his training and experience, helped save a life. We couldn\u2019t be prouder of Seth and the example he sets for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victoria A. Rocha is a staff writer for NRECA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From left:\u00a0Citrus County\u00a0Sheriff David Vincent, Florida State University football player Jayden Todd, Michael Hoffmann, Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-336111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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From left:\u00a0Citrus County\u00a0Sheriff David Vincent, Florida State University football player Jayden Todd, Michael Hoffmann, Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative\u2019s Seth\u00a0Greco\u00a0and\u00a0Citrus County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Robbie Crosnoe.\u00a0Todd,\u00a0Greco\u00a0and Crosnoe\u00a0rescued Hoffmann during a boating emergency last month.\u00a0(Photo\u00a0Courtesy: Citrus County Sheriff)<\/p>\n