EMT Brothers Perform Living-Saving CPR On Dad In Bohemia Home

BOHEMIA, NY —Two paramedic brothers recently made one of the most important saves of their lives.

Robert Coppola, 23, and Nickolas Coppola, 27, jumped into action to perform CPR on their father, Robert Coppola, 55, after his heart stopped in their Bohemia home on Dec. 1., Newsday reported.

The family had returned home from an uncle's wake when Robert Senior said he felt burning in his back and bloated before he collapsed.

Doctors found three total blockages in his arteries to his heart, including one known as “the widow maker,” Newsday reported. He was taken to South Shore University Hospital, where he immediately underwent a triple bypass.

Robert Junior told Newsday that if they didn't perform CPR as soon as they did, he "would have been gone for sure."

The brothers started their career volunteering for the Bohemia Fire Department, Newsday reported. Robert Junior is stationed in Harlem and Nickolasis part of the Queens Tactical Response Group in Jamaica.