Last weekend, Gene Work was working hard to re-sod his yard ahead of an Homeowner Association fine, when he suffered a heart attack. Pasco County Fire Rescue came and took him to hospital, but, in and out of consciousness during the trip, Work worried about his yard and the HOA fine.<\/p>\n
Gene Work\u2019s brother, Mark Rouco, stayed behind. He was now determined to say as long as needed to replant the sod.<\/p>\n
“Mark knew how important it was to Gene,” said Melissa Work said.<\/p>\n
As Rouco was back at it when he saw the two emergency vehicles that had treated his brother returned to the house. Rouco thought they were coming back to check on him \u2014 instead, seven firefighters got out and said they were there to help with the grass.<\/p>\n
They knew that the sod would soon die while Gene Work wouldn\u2019t be able to do anything about it in the hospital.<\/p>\n
Together, they laid out the new lawn in just one hour.<\/p>\n
When Gene Work woke up in the hospital, his wife told him that the firefighters had helped save the sod.<\/p>\n
“They don\u2019t know what family they just helped,” Melissa Work said. “Gene said we had to find them and thank them, we had to tell everyone about this kindness.<\/p>\n
“I mean, they saved his life and then came back to save his grass. That\u2019s just so awesome.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Work had surgery for his significant blockage that caused the heart attack, but he’s home recovering now, with no worries about his lawn.<\/p>\n
Thanks to AW1Ed for the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"