
08/25/2025
Great to see community members jump into action! You never know when disaster can strike!
WLOX-TV Gulfport High Admirals Gulfport Youth Sports Association
REGIONAL: A referee in Alabama is now being called a hero after he saved one of his fellow officials' lives when he collapsed on the field during a high school football game Friday night.
Lew Murphy and Joey Shellnut were officiating the Sylacauga - Central Coosa game when Shellnut suddenly collapsed on the field.
One man at the game, Jimmy Reynolds, says Shellnut was resuscitated not just once, but twice.
STORY: https://www.wdam.com/2025/08/25/high-school-football-referee-hailed-hero-after-performing-cpr-official-who-collapsed-field-resuscitating-him-twice/