Bystanders, Police Attend to Collapsed Man at Sky Harbor

PHOENIX - It was a lifesaving team effort for four Phoenix Police officers, two bystanders and Phoenix firefighters at the airport Monday.

A 50-year-old passenger collapsed in the security checkpoint line Monday morning at 5:35 a.m.

Two witnesses who happened to be nurses performed CPR on the man, and when a Phoenix Police officer got there, the passenger was not breathing.

Officer Brian Warren located an automated external defibrillator and used it to shock the passenger one time.

By that time, Officers Kim Walsh, Tim Essick and Paul Rooks arrived on scene and took turns performing CPR on the passenger. When firefighters arrived, they transported the patient to the hospital in critical condition.

Sky Harbor says this is the 25th AED save since December 2000, when the devices were installed.

The latest on the patient's condition is not available.