Harrison Butker Helped Save Seizing Teammate, Chiefs Trainer Says

Kansas Metropolis Chiefs coach Rick Burkholder says Harrison Butker is a hero … revealing on Friday the kicker helped save a teammate who was having a medical emergency on Thursday.

Burkholder instructed a roomful of reporters that simply moments after BJ Thompson suffered a sudden seizure throughout a particular groups assembly on the Chiefs’ apply facility … it was Butker who raced out to get support.

Burkholder stated Butker “immediately ran toward the training room” to make staffers conscious of the situation … permitting the professionals to hurry to the scene earlier than issues acquired dire.

Burkholder stated regardless of Thompson going into cardiac arrest, he and his workers had been capable of get the 25-year-old defensive finish to return again utilizing CPR and one AED shock.

The previous fifth-round choose was then transported to a close-by hospital … the place Burkholder stated he is now doing much better.

“He’s alert,” the Chiefs official stated. “He’s awake. He’s coming through quite well.”