Ken Schramm, retired fire equipment operator Toni Terry, Sean McLay and Dave Rychlicki. The firefighters who came to Fleischman’s rescue in 2002 were Capt. Peter Claver is a busy place - 1,000 people attend Mass each weekend, and the church sponsors an overflow homeless shelter for two months each year and has an elementary school on site, Fleischman said.ĪEDs are intended to be used by ordinary people to restart someone’s heart until first responders arrive. It was “the church that prayed for me when they were saying, ‘She’s not going to survive,’ ” said Fleischman, a Stillwater Area Public Schools board member. Peter Claver, which she has attended for 15 years.
When Fleischman heard Defibtech, based in Guilford, Conn., was donating 10 Automatic External Defibrillators nationwide, she lobbied for St. She had a defibrillator implanted into her heart she’s now on her third device. Fleischman was immediately put on a list for a heart transplant but ended up not needing one.
