On one June afternoon, Gene and his brother Rouco were1Gene's yard. It had grown brown and was almost in2in the heat, and the situation needed changing. The new grass was already there, but the job was3. Suddenly, Gene wasn't feeling good. He went inside to rest and4 the couch. Seeing this, his wife, Melissa, called 911 immediately.
5he was dying, Gene had one thing in his mind:the lawn. If the grass wasn't put down that day, it would6. "While he was having his heart attack, almost in and out of 7, he kept begging me to put it down because he didn't want it to go8," Melissa recalled.
Soon the medical workers arrived and took Gene and Melissa to the hospital, leaving Rouco behind to9the situation. Within an hour, he had10to remove the old grass. He was about to lay the new ones when seven men—the same ones who had11his brother—walked off the emergency vehicle. It turned out that Gene had told them how12 he'd wanted to get the grass down, so they returned to help.
Fortunately, Gene had a successful operation. He's now fully recovered, 13his beautiful lawn at home. The couple are still amazed that those men went14their job duties. These men15Gene from death, and then came back to save his grass. That's just so awesome.
