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(Sioux City Journal) A Sioux Falls police officer is being credited with helping save members of a family overcome by carbon monoxide gas in their home.
Michael and Marchelle Holloway and their four children ranging in age from 10 to 15 were poisoned by the potentially deadly gas Saturday morning.
“I really didn’t know what was going on,” Marchelle Holloway said. “I jumped up because I was in bed and I fell straight to the ground.”
Michael Holloway was able to get one child outside, and his wife was able to call 911. Officer Ryan Chase, a 17-year veteran of the police force, responded.
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas that can be deadly. Chase had never encountered it before but knew immediately after arriving at the home that it was a bad situation.
“I went in and just started getting everybody out,” Chase said, adding that the gas made him “light-headed, and my skin felt tingly.”
The Holloway family spent two hours recovering at a hospital. Michael Holloway’s company has put the family up in a hotel for a week while repairs are made to their furnace — the source of the gas.
The family also plans to buy a carbon monoxide detector.
“I’ve been taught about smoke detectors, but I never, ever thought about (carbon monoxide detectors),” Marchelle Holloway said. “I would spend anything in the world for one now.”
