Mark Coleman, UFC Corridor of Famer and former Ohio State wrestler, referred to as himself “the happiest man on the earth” from his hospital mattress following an early morning home fireplace Tuesday, based on a video shared to his Fb account.
Coleman, 59, was taken by helicopter Tuesday to a Toledo Promedica after affected by smoke inhalation. He tried to save lots of the household’s canine, a Rottweiler named Hammer, after he had already carried each of his dad and mom out of their Fremont house, based on an Instagram put up by his daughter Morgan.
Hammer died within the fireplace.
Images shared on a GoFundMe fundraiser by his household present him intubated on the hospital instantly following the fireplace. However in a brand new video, posted Thursday morning by his daughter Kenzie, Coleman is seen sitting up in mattress, speaking and embracing his daughters in a hug.
“God, I am so fortunate,” Coleman stated via tears. “I am unable to consider my dad and mom are alive.”
Coleman stated he “needed to decide” as the fireplace had already taken over the house. He went again in to get Hammer, he stated, however he “could not discover air.”
Kenzie Coleman wrote that her dad is respiration on his personal.
“God is sweet. Miracles do occur,” she wrote.
The GoFundMe has already raised practically $66,000 in sooner or later.
Ballville Volunteer Fireplace Division Chief Invoice Lagrou beforehand stated the home fireplace took eight hours to place out with the assistance of seven totally different departments.
“The home is finished. The home is gone,” Lagrou stated on the time. “We bought referred to as at 4 a.m. this morning. There have been six different departments there with us.”
Coleman was the inaugural UFC heavyweight champion and a former PRIDE grand prix winner. Nicknamed “The Father of Floor-and-Pound,” Coleman was inducted into each the pioneer and struggle wings of the UFC Corridor of Fame.
As a wrestler at Ohio State, Coleman received an NCAA championship in 1988.
After struggling a coronary heart assault in 2020 and a stint in rehab for alcoholism in 2021, Coleman has since used his expertise to advertise wholesome residing and sobriety in social media posts.
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