TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – David Salinas has been on hundreds of job sites with Rook’s Tree and Stump Services, but several weeks ago, he saw something he will never forget.

“We saw him on the road, literally on the side of the road with his head on the curb,” Salinas said.

Salinas was part of a crew that had finished one job and was lost in East Tupelo, heading to the next call. They had also left their scheduled job early because of an equipment issue.

“We were going the wrong way, but going the wrong way at the right time,” Salinas said.

The team stopped, parked their truck, and checked on the man, in obvious medical distress.

“When I first got down there, I checked for pulse, no pulse, so we got right to work on him, doing that, and let me tell you, 20 minutes of CPR is crazy, it will

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