{"id":14475,"date":"2016-10-03T16:17:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T16:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14475"},"modified":"2016-10-03T16:17:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T16:17:41","slug":"north-texas-deputy-saves-seventh-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14475","title":{"rendered":"North Texas deputy saves seventh life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(WFAA<\/a>) \u2013 COLLIN COUNTY \u2013 George White has been with the Collin County Sheriff\u2019s Office for 16 years and in that time he\u2019s developed a reputation for being at the right place at the right time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just do what I have to do,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n

As of last month, White is credited with helping save seven different people over the years. Deputy Chief Mark Sanderson said some officers go their entire careers without being in a situation where they\u2019re helping a person who could die.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople say he\u2019s in the right place at the right time but there is a third component to that,\u201d Sanderson said. \u201cHe\u2019s the right person for the job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like all law enforcement officers, Deputy White sees people during their worst moments. He recalls saving a 15-year-old girl who had been threatening suicide. White said dispatch helped him find the girl, who was on the phone with 911.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was sneaking up and my radio went off. She saw me and jumped,\u201d White said. \u201cI caught her and I held on until other crews could get there.\u201d<\/p>\n

While White has helped many people, he says he\u2019s never spoken with the men and women he\u2019s saved after responding to their call. Wednesday morning, that changed when White sat down with the mother and father of a man he recently saved.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think God uses this man more than he knows,\u201d said the victim\u2019s father, who asked to remain anonymous to protect his son\u2019s privacy.<\/p>\n

White was just a block from the family\u2019s home when the call came out over the scanners about a young man who wasn\u2019t breathing. White rushed to the home and quickly started CPR, he didn\u2019t stop until ambulances arrived.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had no pulse and 30 seconds after I got off him the paramedics said they finally found a pulse,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n

For White, it was an emotional and gratifying experience meeting the family whose life he changed. White and the man\u2019s father talked over coffee and ended the meeting with a prayer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a friend for life,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n

For now, White\u2019s life saving number is at seven, but he says he\u2019ll continue to serve and protect until his final days.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"