The headline for this story - "Canadian military vet saved by Bear who jumped on his chest so hard during heart attack that it left paw prints" - is slightly misleading, but it's a great story.
Paramedics later told Darren Cropper that Bear, his Siberian Husky and Golden Retriever mix, must have been leaping up and down for hours. And that kept him alive.
Paramedics later told Darren Cropper that Bear, his Siberian Husky and Golden Retriever mix, must have been leaping up and down for hours. And that kept him alive.
In what could have been the final moments of Darren Cropper’s life, a miracle unfolded. He had a massive heart attack. But his one-year-old puppy, Bear, saved his life by jumping on his chest.
The dog seemed to have been jumping so hard and long, paw prints were embedded in Darren’s torso.
...the retired Canadian Forces weapons specialist woke up in the middle of the night unable to sleep. He wasn’t feeling well...
Unable to go back to bed, he made himself a coffee in the kitchen and started down to the basement to watch TV.
He never made it.
After stepping on the bottom step, everything went black.
The next thing he recalls was his dog, Bear, howling and jumping on his chest.
His wife, Janice, 59, was there too. Their son, Matthew, 29, heard Bear howling and woke his mother. They followed Bear’s howls to the basement and discovered Cropper flat out on the floor. Janice called 911...
...he had open heart surgery. Scans showed that the arteries from his right lung to his heart had shut down, he says.
...When Cropper was recovering in hospital, he spoke with Bear on video calls. It was mid-pandemic and that was the only way Cropper could communicate with his family. “He saw me on the video. He just went nuts!”
The dog seemed to have been jumping so hard and long, paw prints were embedded in Darren’s torso.
...the retired Canadian Forces weapons specialist woke up in the middle of the night unable to sleep. He wasn’t feeling well...
Unable to go back to bed, he made himself a coffee in the kitchen and started down to the basement to watch TV.
He never made it.
After stepping on the bottom step, everything went black.
The next thing he recalls was his dog, Bear, howling and jumping on his chest.
His wife, Janice, 59, was there too. Their son, Matthew, 29, heard Bear howling and woke his mother. They followed Bear’s howls to the basement and discovered Cropper flat out on the floor. Janice called 911...
...he had open heart surgery. Scans showed that the arteries from his right lung to his heart had shut down, he says.
...When Cropper was recovering in hospital, he spoke with Bear on video calls. It was mid-pandemic and that was the only way Cropper could communicate with his family. “He saw me on the video. He just went nuts!”
