Irvin Walker would no doubt agree.

Wheeler, Serey and Clark all came to the aid of the 82-year-old Walker after he collapsed Wednesday while doing yard work at his home on Ridgeway Drive.

Walker had suffered a heart attack. Wheeler and Clark, along with Ashland Police Sgt. Todd Kelley, performed CPR on him until paramedics arrived.

Serey helped keep Walker's wife calm and also called the couple's daughter on her cellular phone.

Kelley praised the actions of the trio. He said he intended to submit the names of all three women for a lifesaving commendation from the APD.

Wheeler, of East Euclid Avenue, was the first person to attend to Walker. She began performing basic CPR on her neighbor after seeing him collapse, Kelley said.

Wheeler was out of town Friday, her husband said, and couldn't be reached for comment.

Clark, 38, said she was making a delivery for her employer, Bellefonte Floral, when she happened upon the scene, about the same time as Kelley.

She counted cadence while Kelley performed compressions, and also gave Walker mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Clark said she couldn't take any credit for her role in the situation.

``It wasn't me," she said. ``God just had to put me there at the right time. I'm just thankful I was there when I needed to be."

Serey, director of community services at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, was driving by when she saw Wheeler administering to Walker on the sidewalk.

She pulled over and asked if anyone had called 911. She then straightened Walker's legs out and tried to feel for a pulse.

When Boyd County Emergency Medical Service paramedics Mark Curnutte and Chris Baldridge arrived, they found Walker's heart beating weakly. They administered several electrical shocks and were able to restore an effective heart rhythm, said Marty Johnson, spokesman for the Boyd EMS.

Walker had a strong pulse when he was transported to King's Daughters Medical Center, Johnson said.

Walker was listed in stable condition this morning in the cardiac intensive care unit at KDMC, a nursing supervisor there said.

Johnson said the three women had performed ``a life-saving act."

But Serey said it was what any ordinary folks would have done under the circumstances.