Strangers Saved His Life—Now a Maine Family Is Teaching Others to Do the Same
By Jennifer Costa, Red Cross communications director Peter Morrison “I’m a pretty healthy 52-year-old. I was just out on a bike ride on a hot day in the end of July.” Peter Morrison is a physician, a father of three and an active cyclist from Portland, Maine. Monday evenings were reserved for his long group rides. But on this particular day, he just felt off. “I wasn’t feeling well so I decided to turn around and head home. Right as I was going around Payson Park, my heart stopped and I collapsed,” Peter said. Peter’s wife, Alison Gorman, who is also a doctor was working the late shift at the neighborhood community health center. The phone rang. It was a curious call from the couple’s daughters. The girls were just coming home from the beach and found a throng of cyclists waiting. “The girls called me and said, ‘Why are there cyclists in our driveway?’ I said, ‘I don’t know. Maybe they are meeting up with dad,’” Alison offered. “Well, amongst the cyclist community, everyone knows every...
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