‘The kiss of life' – Lifesaving kiss revives electrocuted coworker in 1967 accident
In a stunning life-saving moment caught on camera, a utility lineman revived his partner after a near-fatal electric shock in 1967.
Randall Champion, a lineman conducting routine maintenance in Rochester, New York, accidentally made contact with a low-voltage power line, stopping his heart, “Historic Vids” detailed in a tweet on Sunday, May 28.
As Champion dangled from his safety harness unconscious, his partner J.D. Thompson leapt into action, climbing up and administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
"I saw this man hanging down. Oh my God. I didn't know what to do," the tweet quoted as saying an eyewitness Rocco Morabito, a press photographer who captured the dramatic rescue in a series of photos. "I quickly took a picture. J.D. Thompson was running toward the pole."
Thompson breathed into Champion's lungs as a faint pulse returned.
After lowering Champion to the ground, Thompson and other workers performed CPR until paramedics arrived.
Champion was moderately revived and eventually made a full recovery, living another 35 years.
"I passed these men working and went on to my assignment," Morabito said, adding, "I took eight pictures at the strike. I thought I'd go back and see if I could find another picture. Then I heard Thompson shouting down: 'He's breathing!'"