Man saves woman's life by giving her CPR — a skill he picked up from watching The Office

When Cross Scott found himself in front of a woman who had stopped breathing, he knew he had to do something — fast — in order to save her life.

The Tucson resident is a tire shop technician, and while test driving a customer's car earlier this month, he came across a sedan pulled over with its hazard lights flashing. He saw the driver was slumped over the steering wheel, and smashed a back window with a rock. Scott checked for a pulse, but couldn't find one.

Scott, 21, has never been trained in CPR, but did once watch an episode of The Office where Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, said the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" is the correct rhythm for chest compressions. For about a minute, Scott sang the chorus aloud, doing chest compressions the entire time. "I've never prepared myself for CPR in my life," he told the Arizona Daily Star. "I had no idea what I was doing." Finally, the woman took a breath, and paramedics soon arrived and took her to the hospital. Scott, who plans on taking a CPR course soon, did the right thing, Courtney Slanaker, executive director of the Red Cross Southern Arizona, told the Star. "Don't be afraid to act," she said. "Whatever you do will help that victim and hopefully prevent a death."

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