Traffic stop dashcam shows life-saving resuscitation In an exclusive with WMTW News 8's Paul Merrill, Kennebunk Police have released the dashcam video of the traffic stop where an officer saves the life of a driver who suffered a heart attack shortly after being pulled over. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT TOPVO 2 SHOTNOW TO A STORYYOU'LL ONLY SEEHERE ON WMTW NEWSEIGHT.WE'RE GETTING AFIRST LOOK AT THEKENNEBUNK TRAFFICSTOP THAT LIKELYSAVED A MAN'S LIFE.IT IS DRAMATICVIDEO AND - JUST AWARNING - IT MAY BEDISTURBING FORSOME VIEWERS.PAUL MERRILL ISLIVE IN THE STUDIOWITH THIS EXCLUSIVEDASHBOARD CAMERAVIDEO.INTROWE FIRSTINTRODUCED YOU TOGAVIN FALCONER -WHO GOES BY"SCOTTY" -YESTERDAY.TONIGHT, WE ARESEEING EXACTLY HOWTHIS LIFESAVINGTRAFFIC STOPPLAYED OUT.IT'S ASTOUNDINGTO THINK THAT THEMAN FLAT ON HISBACK RECEIVINGCHESTCOMPRESSIONS INTHIS VIDEO IS THESAME MAN WHO'SNOW JOKING WITHHIS HOSPITALNURSES AS HERECOVERS FROM AHEART ATTACK."I've been lucky all mylife. I've been theluckiest guy that everwalked on two feet andI've been in some badscrapes but I alwayswas lucky."SCOTTY FALCONERWAS LUCKY ENOUGHTO BE SPEEDING ONSATURDAY EVENING.KENNEBUNKPOLICE OFFICERMATTHEWHARRINGTON PULLEDTHE 84-YEAR-OLDOVER JUST BEFORESEVEN O'CLOCK."I got his informationlike we always do. Iwent back to the car. Iwas writing out awarning card and heardscreaming.""Call 911!""What's going on?""Hurry up!"OFFICERHARRINGTON KNEWWHAT WASHAPPENING.HE PULLED SCOTTYOUT OF THE CAR ANDSTARTED CPR.ANOTHER OFFICERARRIVED ANDBROUGHT HISDEFIBRILLATOR OVER.YOU CAN SEESCOTTY'S BODY JUMPAS THE AED SHOCKSHIS HEART."Was there a certainpoint where you knewthat you had broughthim back?""Yeah. We felt for apulse after the firstshock. He did haveone.""But if he hadn't donethat CPR, you' wouldn'tbe talking to metoday.""While everyKennebunk PoliceOfficer is trained toadminister CPR anduse an AED, only twoofficers on the forceare trained, licensedEMTs and OfficerHarrington is one ofthem.""As stressful as it was,he was stillcomfortable with whathe was doing."KENNEBUNKPOLICE CHIEF ROBERTMACKENZIE SAYSTHAT COMFORT ISEVIDENT IN THE WAYOFFICER HARRINGTONUSES FOAM FROM THEAED TO PROTECTSCOTTY'S HEAD ANDSENDS THE OTHEROFFICER OVER TOCHECK ON SCOTTY'SWIFE."It's picture perfect. Itreally is."AS WE TOLD YOULAST NIGHT, SCOTTYAVOIDED A SPEEDINGTICKET BUT HE DIDGET A WARNING.LIVE IN THESTUDIO, PAULMERRILL, WMTWNEWS EIGHT.

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