The fathers of an LSU starting pitcher and the LSU strength coach helped save the life of an 87-year-old man after he fell unconscious and was unresponsive in the stands Monday night.
Dr. Jerry Poche, father of Tuesday's Game 2 starter, Jared Poche, and Jimmy Roy, a firefighter and father of LSU strength coach Travis Roy, gave the man CPR together during Game 1 of the College World Series finals in Omaha, Nebraska.
Poche was in Section 117 when he was summoned by another LSU fan in the sixth inning of the Tigers game against Florida on Monday night.
"I see an older gentleman being held up by his family, and they said he's weak,'' Poche said Tuesday. "He wasn't weak. He didn't have a pulse, and he had [laboring] respirations. He was dying."
Poche, a family doctor for 25 years, provided chest compressions while Roy, a firefighter of 30 years, delivered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
LSU spokesman Bill Franques said the man was a Florida fan who had an apparent heart attack.
Nebraska Medical Center spokesman Taylor Wilson said the man, who was not identified, was in good condition. He did not want to speak with the media, Wilson said, but his family was very appreciative of the effort to help save him. The Advocate newspaper of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, first reported the medical emergency.
Roy said it was the first time he had been called on to perform the procedure.
"We've always had machines that do it for us," Roy said, according to The Advocate.
Poche said he has tended to three other people during this year's CWS: A 6-year-old boy who was hit in the forehead by a foul ball, a fan with a bug in his ear and a man who passed out from apparent dehydration.
"I'm just watching the game, and someone comes up and says, 'Hey, man, we need you again,'" Poche said, laughing. "Whatever. I do what I got to do."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.