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3 police officers help man in distress: ‘God puts us ... where he needs us,’ one says

Providence was evident in a trio of law enforcement officers who came to the aid of a man stricken earlier this month while dining with his wife in Tipp City.

The man, himself a nurse, became ill Jan. 11 at Hinders Sports Bar & Grill.

The three officers -- Miami Twp. Detective Dan Wessling, Tipp City Sgt. Marc Basye and West Carrollton Officer Chris Fairchild -- were at a table nearby were at a table nearby for a casual dinner to discuss a trip to Washington, D.C., during National Police Week in May.

They never hesitated when they saw what Bayse said appeared to be a man suffering from a cardiac event.

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The man lost consciousness, was sweating heavily and experiencing breathing difficulties, Sgt. Basye said by telephone Monday. He and Fairchild put the man on the floor and began CPR. Wessling cleared a path for paramedics to be able to get to the victim quickly.

They successfully revived the man, who ended up walking out of the establishment with his wife by his side.

Wessling, a police officer for 12 years, trained Fairchild while working as a feld training officer for West Carrollton police before joining the Miami Twp force.

"I'm very proud of the great officer he is," Wessling said of Fairchild.

Basye, who has 25 years of law enforcement experience as well as medical training that puts him one step below paramedic, said the nurse recently told him he spent less than two days as a patient in his home hospital in the aftermath of the episode -- which was not a cardiac event -- at Hinders.

"Whatever the episode was, [we were told] the early implementation of life support probably saved the man's life," Basye said. "God puts us in the places where he needs us."

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