Glick crew to the rescue

It is not unusual for Glick Automotive's wrecker service to be called out to a lifeand death situation, but last Wednesday it was the REST of the Glick crew that had a chance to render aid, and another life was saved. Molly Glick was asked to share the details of the story...

Randy Faust, 59, of North Zulch has been the Snap-On Tools rep serving Glick Automotive for over thirty years. Coming by every Wednesday morning, over the years Faust and his customers have developed a close relationship. Last week he was sitting in Mike Glick's office visiting when a call came across the scanner and Glick excused himself to respond. Randy then went out to the shop and was speaking to Josh Shaghafi when he suddenly dropped his invoice book and fell forward. Josh helped him to the ground and ran to the office yelling, "Call 9-1-1! I think Randy's having a heart attack!" In the office, Ruthie Luker made that call, then she went to check on Faust, who was not breathing. Luker began to do chest compressions, aided by Gilbert Cardenas doing the breathing part of CPR.

At the Glick home, Molly Glick heard the call come across the scanner for an ambulance at Glick Automotive. "I knew I had just sent Mike to a wreck five miles out of town, and Legacy (Ambulance Service) was there, too." She flew out the door and was already on her way to the shop when she got the call from her daughter-in-law, Samantha Glick, who also called Mike back to the shop.

When Molly ran in, she started administering the breaths and directed Ruthie in the chest compressions. "I sorta knew how to do CPR and had a little experience, but no one had any formal training -- we were just doing the best we could," Molly recalls. Faust's eyes were fixed and unresponsive, and Molly felt their friend was "sinking fast".

Dispatch was sending an ambulance from Jewett, but in the meantime off-duty paramedic Robby Boettcher had also heard the scanner call, knew the ambulance was unavailable and he rushed to the Glick shop. "We were so thrilled when Robby came in and took over!" Molly recalls, describing the experience as both physically and emotionally exhausting.

Boettcher continued CPR until the ambulance arrived, and the EMS personnel had to use electric paddles before they could transport their patient. Faust required several more shocks enroute to Fairfield Hospital, where his condition stabilized. He was then airflighted to St. Joseph's in Bryan where he received two stents and a pace maker.

The very next day, the Glicks got a phone call from Randy himself, thanking them for saving his life, and he's called almost every day since. He is now recovering at home.

Almost a week later, there is still awe in Molly's voice as she shares, "I guess you could say things were inspired or... whatever. He was with people who loved him and we weren't gonna just stand there and watch -- we had to do something. We're glad it worked out! We feel like it's a miracle, and everybody played a role."