UPDATE: South Haven lifeguards save mayor's husband, following reinstatement of beach lifeguard program
South Haven Area Emergency Services UPDATE: At Monday's City Council Meeting, South Haven Mayor Annie Brown revealed that the swimmer revived in Tuesday, June 9's "major lifesaving incident" was her husband, Jeff Fibrandt.
In her statement, Brown said in part, "The doctors and nurses told me that I should buy lottery tickets because Jeff was lucky to be alive. In fact, one of his doctors said that he was alive specifically because trained and highly qualified lifeguards were there to immediately perform CPR and then shock him [with the AED]."
ORIGINAL CONTENT: SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. -- A team of lifeguards in South Haven is being recognized for what city officials are calling a "major lifesaving incident."
This happened the morning of Tuesday, June 9. City officials say a swimmer at South Beach exited the water and was speaking with on-duty lifeguards when they suddenly became unresponsive. The lifeguard team did CPR and deployed a defibrillator to revive the swimmer.
The swimmer was taken to the hospital for further treatment. Their current condition is unknown.
This comes shortly after the city's lifeguard program was reinstated early this year, bringing lifeguards back to South Haven's beaches for the first time in a quarter century.
