I didn't know Colleen Derk had a heart attack

[Vashner]

I didn't know Colleen Derk had a heart attack. She's a sweetheart.


http://www.woai.com/news/local/story...4-B430841BEA15

For 21 years, he was the man who brought the Spurs Coyote to life. Then Tim Derk suffered a stroke.
Now he’s talking to News 4 WOAI about finding his wife on the floor - without a pulse. And he's hoping you can learn from their problems. In Beamer's World.

“I heard a small thump, it wasn't real loud in the bathroom, but it was enough to make me think, I better investigate,” says Derk, “There was Colleen [my wife] on the floor without a pulse. Sudden cardiac arrest.”

It was Colleen’s heart attack on December 5, 2005 that forced the Derks to reverse roles. Two years ago, she found him after he suffered a stroke; now it was his turn to save her life.

“[We] called EMS right away and they were here within three minutes,” says Colleen. “[We] went to the hospital. [I] was unconscious for a couple a days."

While Colleen is recovering just fine, their whole family is learning CPR. That's a life-saver Tim did not know when he found Colleen that morning.

“In the time after I called 9-1-1 until the paramedics arrived I could have been doing C.P.R,” says Tim. “I found out today how to do it, how simple it is, and I sure should have been doing it at that time.”

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I didn't know Colleen Derk had a heart attack. She's a sweetheart.


http://www.woai.com/news/local/story...4-B430841BEA15

Yeah, the EN had an expanded story about the Derks about a month or so back. Very good piece.

If you can't find it in the archives, let me know. I have an account with the MySA deeper archives.

[Vashner]

I found a few stories on it. They are good folks. She is a serious hottie. I remember she did the splashtown shows in a bikini. That was b4 they revealed her hubby was the Coyote. He was just someone at the "front office" for years.