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Chicago Firefighter Does CPR When SUV Slams into His Home

April 16, 2015

Chicago Firefighter Bob Opiola was getting ready to head out when an SUV crashed into his home.

Source Firehouse.com News

An off-duty Chicago firefighter performed CPR on the driver of a vehicle that crashed through his home.

Bob Opiola, who is also a paramedic, was watching TV around noon Wednesday when when an SUV slammed through the wall of his home.

"I was sitting in my living room, just getting ready to go out for a jog," Opiola told ABC7Chicago.com.

Officials don't know why Walid Haddad, 34, crashed into the living room of the home on South Muskegon.

"I did CPR and stuff, and told the people at the school to get a defibrillator. And by the time they came back, Fire Engine 97 came on the scene."

"He was able to get him out of the van," eyewitness Stephanie Barlog told the television station. "He immediately started working on him. His instincts just totally kicked in and he did what he was trained to do."

Haddad later succumbed to his injuries.

Nobody was injured in the home.