Share Your Story: Bill O'Neal

Meet Bill O'Neal!

hero_image===https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/yourethecure/pages/9238/attachments/original/1474999356/Bill%20O'Neal%20Picture%20Square.jpg?1474999356
thumbnail===https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/yourethecure/pages/9238/attachments/original/1474999363/Bill%20O'Neal%20Picture%20Square.jpg?1474999363
advocate_thumbnail===https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/yourethecure/pages/9238/attachments/original/1474999369/Bill%20O'Neal%20Picture%20Square.jpg?1474999369
bottom_action===

Bill O'Neal's heart stopped while he was giving 40 students an ACT test.  "I always think it’s a bit ironic that I taught for two years at the Collegiate School for Medicine and Bio-science and I gave the kids some hands on experience," O'Neal said.

This teacher of more than 30 years has spent his career giving lessons at the head of the class. But he had no warning of the big one he'd be giving right at this spot in this St. Louis magnet school on April 19. "I don't remember coming up to this room to proctor the ACT," said O'Neal, who is 59.  "I have no memory of the event at all."

Without warning, Bill suddenly collapsed in front of another teacher and more than 40 students taking a test. Statistically, that should have been the end of the story. Ninety percent of people whose hearts stop suddenly outside of a medical setting, don't make it to a hospital alive. Read More.

 

enclosure_image_url===https://yourethecure.org/AHA/Community/cfs-file.ashx/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/01-06-00-00-00-00-51-51/Bill-O_26002300_39_3B00_Neal-Picture_2D00_Final.jpg
Share This Story

Be the first to comment


Please check your e-mail for a link to activate your account.