Paramedics at the scene in Charlotte confirmed that 15 of the 17 injured were students from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and one of the adult victims had sustained life-threatening injuries.
‘I was lucky they got to me’ | Charlotte man reunites with paramedics who saved his life
Ed Hollingsworth said his heart stopped twice and quick action by EMTs at the scene helped save his life. Author: Briana Harper (WCNC) Updated: 12:10 AM EDT May 1, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. A trip to Bank of America Stadium to get the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine became a different kind of lifesaving event for one man who found himself in cardiac arrest while enroute to the clinic.
“Someone saw me collapse and went and notified somebody,” Ed Hollingsworth said Friday recalling the April 1 event. “Paramedics shocked me multiple times and had to get my heart started twice.”