Carly O'Neal, Mike Bean, Bill Eberhardt, Chris Webb: Recognized for life-saving efforts

During the evening of Wednesday, May 4, 2011 a three-year old girl was found to be face down and unresponsive in the swimming pool at the Doherty Hotel. Within mere moments of discovering the young lady her aunt Carly O’Neal pulled her from the pool and then Mike Bean along with off-duty State Police Trooper Bill Eberhardt began revival techniques using mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing and chest compressions. Clare Police Officer Chris Webb was the first uniformed officer to respond and upon his arrival found that the young lady was starting to regain consciousness. At this point Officer Webb administered additional revival techniques designed to more fully revive/awaken the young lady based upon his fifteen years of professional training and service as a Radiology and Cartography Technologist for the Clare Hospital. In reviewing the incident everyone involved observed that this little girl and her family were very fortunate for the quick and decisive actions of everyone involved.

At the June 20, 2011 meeting of the Clare City Commission, Ms. O'Neal and Mr. Bean were presented Mayor's Keys of Excellence, and Mr. Eberhardt and Mr. Webb were presented life-saving pins for their heroism.

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