Life-death Struggle Not Over for Georgia Policeman By Robert Roerich, M.D. October 14, 2001 began as an ordinary shift for Floyd County Police Officer Pat Sleffel, responding to a domestic disturbance call that night. The suspect had fled into the woods and hid after severely beating his wife. Sleffel waited patiently then spotted the man running away in the dark field. With no backup for thirty minutes, he wrestled the man to the ground and felt a strong, sharp pain in his chest and left arm. His paramedic training told him he was having a heart attack and then suddenly...
