Family in tears after Good Samaritans who saved father’s life visit hospital

The Borrelli family is eternally thankful after three Good Samaritans saved 87-year-old Sabato after he collapsed in Jarry Park.

Gloria Borrelli and other members of her family broke down in tears when the Good Samaritans who saved her father’s life showed up at the hospital.

“They just wanted to see my dad,” she said. “It was so nice. They brought us flowers.”

Gloria’s father, Sabato Borrelli, collapsed in Jarry Park on May 15, when a trio of Good Samaritans came to his rescue.

Three people found the 87-year-old around 20 minutes after he collapsed and performed CPR on the man until emergency services arrived.

Mikhael Esterez and a woman who preferred to remain anonymous were helped by another stranger to keep Sabato alive.

Gloria told CTV News that she met Esterez and the woman, but still does not know the identity of the third person. Esterez’s father, she said, was a doctor and taught the entire family CPR and the woman went to med school and knew what to do.

“It was the right people that know what they’re doing,” said Gloria, who said that the two typically head to daycare at 5 p.m. nearby but decided to go at 3 p.m.

After the event, the family was desperate to find the people who saved Sabato, as, if not for their performing CPR on him for 20 minutes, he would have died.

“I still get chills when I say that because if that had not been done, he was a goner,” said Gloria.

Sabato regained consciousness on May 17, also his 87th birthday.

He remains in the hospital recovering.

Gloria said that she will arrange CPR training for the entire family in the coming months, as the family has become fully aware of its importance.

“You can literally save a life if you have the bare minimum of training in terms of how to provide basic cardiac life support,” said Dr. Christopher Labos.

“I think it’s something we should be teaching everyone. I think we should be teaching it to kids in school. I think we should be training people how to use defibrillators, cause that makes a difference as well.”