{"id":10823,"date":"2023-07-26T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/?p=10823"},"modified":"2023-07-27T08:53:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T12:53:13","slug":"eagles-turn-into-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2023\/07\/26\/eagles-turn-into-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles Turn into Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Softball Team\u2019s Heroic Actions Help Save Unconscious Man<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In a remarkable display of compassion and quick thinking, Georgia Southern University\u2019s softball team and staff are winning praise for helping a 98-year-old man who suddenly collapsed and lost consciousness. The incident took place in the lobby of a hotel in Troy, Alabama, when Charles Parish Sr. unexpectedly needed urgent assistance. Without hesitation, the Eagles rushed to his aid, performing CPR and calling 911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI knelt beside him and saw he was not conscious so I helped lay him down on the floor and administered a sternal rub to wake him,\u201d said Layne Jackson, Georgia Southern assistant athletic trainer. \u201cHe did wake up and I continued to check his pulse and kept him awake and alert until EMS arrived, where I then relayed the scenario and they took over his care.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erin Hunter, Parish\u2019s granddaughter, expressed her family\u2019s appreciation for the team that helped them during a time of crisis. Coincidentally, they were celebrating their 80th family reunion in the same hotel where the softball players were staying. At the hospital, Hunter said her grandfather was full of life and happily \u201cshaking hands and cracking jokes.\u201d In applauding the Eagles’ act of kindness, the grateful granddaughter said her grandfather called them his \u201cangels\u201d who helped him in a time of need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know the parents of these girls would be proud of them for their compassion, selflessness and knowledge of emergency response,\u201d Hunter stated in an email to University President Kyle Marrero. Marrero called the team\u2019s action a \u201ctestament to our student-athletes and staff, and exemplifies what we strive every day to achieve at Georgia Southern University\u2026 to have an impact on our communities wherever we may be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharon Perkins, the head coach of the softball team, conveyed her relief at hearing that Parish is doing well and praised the family for acknowledging the team\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe’re thankful we were able to assist in a small way until first responders arrived,\u201d she said, \u201cand appreciate the kind words from the family that were shared with us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hunter acknowledged that without the softball team\u2019s timely intervention, her grandfather\u2019s medical emergency could have been far more devastating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Sandra Bennett<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Softball Team\u2019s Heroic Actions Help Save Unconscious Man In a remarkable display of compassion and quick thinking, Georgia Southern University\u2019s softball team and staff are winning praise for helping a 98-year-old man who suddenly collapsed and lost consciousness. The incident took place in the lobby of a hotel in Troy, Alabama, when Charles Parish Sr. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85],"class_list":["post-10823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-summer-2023"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}