00:00An elderly man is in the hospital tonight after quick-thinking shoppers saved his life.
00:05It happened in a Walmart in Bradenton yesterday after the man fell and hit his head.
00:09Fox 13's Jennifer Vaglis caught up with the Good Samaritans about the lesson they hope this moment can teach.
00:15It's the place to go for savings.
00:18But Monday, some visiting this Bradenton Walmart didn't realize they were entering these doors and saving a life.
00:26I was actually just here for work. I was here to pick up lunch.
00:29Jennifer Pullman included Tuesday, meeting me outside the retailer off Cortez Road West.
00:35What's it like being back here today? It's a lot and hearing the ambulance in the background. I have chills.
00:42Reflecting back on what happened moments after she entered the aisle.
00:45I saw a man collapse in the freezer section.
00:48Rob Olson and his wife were a few rows over, about to check out.
00:52I heard a very loud thud, very loud thud. And then a woman screaming for help.
00:58So we dropped our stuff and ran over. And there was a gentleman laying on the ground.
01:05And it was apparent that he was not breathing.
01:08Pullman says the 65-year-old man hit his head on a rack on his way down.
01:13His wife, frantic.
01:15Actually told me she thought it was a joke because he has that kind of personality. And it indeed was
01:21not.
01:21Olson, a former volunteer EMT in New Jersey, says it was like muscle memory.
01:27I started CPR and did compressions.
01:32Pullman noticed everyone else around was just standing there watching.
01:37So she called 911.
01:39It was just kind of, you know, I'm going to push my cart and kind of walk on by.
01:42So I kind of think like if that was my dad, I would hope that someone would have the same
01:47response and reaction.
01:48An employee brought over an AED.
01:51The good thing about that machine is that it has directions and it walks you through beautifully.
01:58And shortly thereafter, the paramedics arrived.
02:01The man was brought to HCA Florida Blake Hospital, where he remains in the ICU.
02:06Relayed through the family, the doctor in the ER said, had it not been for the quick start of CPR,
02:12it's likely he would not be here.
02:14Both sharing the same message.
02:16Get the training. It's available everywhere.
02:19And everyone should know how to use the AED.
02:22Because you just never know when you'll need it.
02:25Jennifer Vaglis, Fox 13 News.
