CRANBERRY TWP — Township resident Chuck Weintraub, who had a heart attack on July 3 while cutting his grass, and his wife Sherrard Bostwick honored those who rushed to his side and saved his life.

The actions of the family’s foster dog, two neighbors, along with police and medical technicians all contributed to saving Weintraub’s life.

On Thursday at the township supervisors meeting, the family honored all those who came to his aid that summer afternoon and presented them with Life Saving Certificates along with making contributions to several charities in their honor.

Those who were honored included the family’s foster dog, Chloe.

Chloe was rescued from a home where only two of numerous dogs living in deplorable conditions had survived. She was up for adoption and now has a new owner.

Weintraub and his wife decided they could not keep Chloe as they already have two golden retrievers and keeping their little hero would have meant that they could not foster any more dogs.

Neighbors Mike, Melissa and Juliana Brock, Michele Vesce and Charlene Daneen, Cranberry police officers Duane Brucker and Josh Shimko and Cranberry EMT/paramedics Ted Fessides, Matt Leonard and Ryan Richards all were honored Thursday for their life saving efforts.

Weintraub, 59, was home alone on July 3 with his golden retrievers, DaMa, 8, and Molly, 11, and Chloe, a 1-year-old pit bull-mix he and his wife began fostering in April.

He had collapsed and Chloe, who Weintraub described as timid, went down the family’s driveway and across the road to a neighbor’s house. The dog would never leave Weintraub’s side because of its past abuse and living conditions.

The dog made Weintraub’s neighbor Mike Brock follow her right to where Weintraub lay.

The golden retrievers greeted them at the yard, but not in their normal way, which added to Brock’s concern that something was wrong. That’s when he discovered Weintraub had collapsed and was unconscious.

He began chest compressions as another family member called for help.

Another neighbor, Charlene Daneen, a registered nurse, rushed up and took over with CPR.

Moments later, police and the Emergency Medical Service personnel arrived to treat Weintraub.

He awoke in the hospital days later with a new pacemaker installed.

“I never thought that we would help to save a dog’s life and it would turn around and save ours,” he said.

Bostwick said she was at work and just about to go home for the Fourth of July holiday when she got the call that her husband had collapsed, was unresponsive and was being taken to UPMC Passavant Hospital in McCandless, Allegheny County.

She said the Cranberry EMS kept her updated of her husband’s condition as she headed to the hospital.

“I realize that the police and EMS are highly skilled here. But, what they did that day was nothing short of a miracle,” said Bostwick. “No words can ever repay all of you.”

“When he awoke at the hospital, the first thing he asked was how are the dogs? I knew right then that everything was going to be alright.”

The family set up a medical fund for Chloe at the Humane Society on Pittsburgh’s North Shore to continue her medical treatments. She still is being treated for mange.

The family also made a contribution to set up a college fund for the Brock family for their two children and made a contribution to Habitat for Humanity in the name of Daneen.

They also made donations to the Officer Derek Kotecki Memorial Scholarship Fund and contributed to the EMS to help its public safety educational programs.