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Friday the 13th is lucky for area residents
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Ed Williams suffered a heart attack at age 47 while working at Systemax Manufacturing in Fletcher on Friday the 13th, 2004. 'I went into cardiac arrest,' said Williams of Urbana. 'The next thing I knew, I'm dead on the floor. All at once I woke up. Here these guys had me back alive again.'DAYTON — Luck was with Ed Williams on Friday the 13th, 2004.
Williams suffered a heart attack at age 47 while working at Systemax Manufacturing in Fletcher. He collapsed to the floor, stopped breathing and had no pulse.
Bruce Willcox, Systemax director of administration and a former assistant fire chief in Piqua, revived Williams using a defibrillator.
"I went into cardiac arrest," said Williams of Urbana. "The next thing I knew, I'm dead on the floor. All at once I woke up. Here these guys had me back alive again."
Williams considers himself "the luckiest man alive." Had he not been at work, where there was a defibrillator, "I would have been gone forever," he said.
Friday the 13th is considered to be an unlucky day. The superstition has roots in both Christian and pagan culture.
Friday, Feb. 13, is the first of three such events this year. The 13th also will fall on a Friday in March and November.
Juan J. Abreu of Bellbrook had misgivings about his wife giving birth to their son, Isaac, by induced labor on June 13, 2001.
"I was resistant to her doing that because of my superstition," Abreu said. "But she wanted that doctor to be the one to deliver and that was the only day he could do it. They overruled me there."
Had the birth been on a Friday the 13th, "I really would have had a major issue with it," Abreu said.
Paula Dillon of Vandalia was born on a Friday the 13th. She considers it to be her lucky day.
"Although nothing really spectacularly 'lucky' has happened on that day, nothing bad has happened either," Dillon said.
Dillon's husband was born on April Fool's Day. "Everybody gets a chuckle out of it," she said. "We make a good team."
Chris Gray will have the Grand Opening ribbon cutting of his new Figaro's Pizza restaurant in Kettering on Friday, Feb. 13. "I make my own luck," Gray said.
Gamblers are a superstitious lot, said Jeff Michie, assistant general manager at Belterra Casino Resort & Spa in Belterra, Ind. "A lot of people come out to the casino on Friday the 13th, actually — a day which supposedly brings bad luck," Michie said.
People may visit the casino on Friday the 13th because they think other people will stay away. Then again, it could be Belterra's "Lucky Friday the 13th" promotion giving away $13,000 in cash prizes. "We are actually expecting quite a crowd," Michie said.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2419 or dlarsen@DaytonDailyNews.com.
Comments
By Carol Showers
February 13, 2009 1:15 PM | Link to this
Monica…WhatEver you dont know me so don’t hate. I know that peopea are afrade of Friday the 13th and they can’t be smart. Kepp my name up out your mouth. Is that move out tonight or did it come out already with Jayson in a mask? I might want to see it if it is out in the moview theeter.
By Monica
February 13, 2009 1:08 PM | Link to this
I don’t care for Friday the 13th - only cause my older brother (when we were kids) used to watch that movie all the time and scare the crap out of me! But this Friday the 13th isn’t so bad - got paid and my taxes were direct deposited in my account this morning! :)
Carol: Please stop posting comments until you learn how to spell….. and I graduated from Sinclair and you’re embarrassing me with your education! You’re not going to be making tons of money if you can’t spell the word SPELL!
By Carol Showers
February 13, 2009 11:56 AM | Link to this
Diane…your text doesnt make no sense, you talking about geteng a hart but this is about friday the 13 and then you speel my name wrong. I am not the rude one one here you are. Go stok shelfes at wal mark or k mart and clock back in from your bereak. I don’t need to get a GED I’m about to graduate from Sinclair soon and will be making big mony…..so mid youtr own busness.
By Diane
February 13, 2009 11:41 AM | Link to this
It is unlucky for anyone having to read anything by Carol Showers. Painful Truth : maybe by tommorow ( Valentine’s Day ) you will have a heart. You are so hateful. Get a life ! Csrol: as said before- Get a GED !!!
By Carol Showers
February 13, 2009 11:05 AM | Link to this
Keyz: I am with you there sister. It’s like COME ON PEOPLE selabrate something good in life! I wish people wood look at the glass haf full other then it having haf empty. Maybe everyone should go to Skyline and get something to be more happy.
By keyz
February 13, 2009 10:44 AM | Link to this
I don’t know why I read these postings sometimes…so few who post on DDN can lighten up. Friday the 13th and all the superstition around it is just plain fun and lightheartedness. Why all of the doom and gloom like “if it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.” If you carry around a bad attitude, no one wants to be around you anyway. I love the stories about folks being married or born or have something extraordinary happy on the 13th or at any time.
By Rick
February 13, 2009 10:03 AM | Link to this
Hey go to the Skyline Chili by the Dayton Mall.
Friday the 13th special is 13 cheese coneys for 13 bucks!!….what a deal!!!
By Alexis
February 13, 2009 9:39 AM | Link to this
No way. Friday the 13th was the day my wonderful father was brought into the world. How could an unlucky day bring my family one of life’s greatest gifts?
By shellymoe
February 13, 2009 9:37 AM | Link to this
Any day can be unlucky - you don’t need a specific number to cause it. Friday the 13th has always been a good day for me. Besides being payday here too, just the fact that my husband & I have jobs ups our luck factor! As for today, it’s my birthday & without asking, I got the day off of work! Besides a night out with friends (hopefully at the Dublin Pub to see Mother Grove), I’ll play the Mega Millions with the hopes of walking away with the $30+ mil one would get after a lump sum & taxes.
By Carol Showers
February 13, 2009 8:33 AM | Link to this
ALSO I just fegured out that today can’t be a bad day because it is payday for me! So I plan in it being a great day. Also my boyfriend is taking me out for valentines day on Saturday night so this should have friday the 13 every month!!!!
By Carol Showers
February 13, 2009 8:15 AM | Link to this
Michael: Please not today I dont want to deel with people messing with my blogging. I dont have speel checking on my program here. It’s a nice way to conect with people in the area with semelar issues or thoughts. I have been doing this one dayton daily news for a year now and have scene nice people and goten helpful hints in driveing in wether.
By Carrie
February 13, 2009 7:02 AM | Link to this
Just a day. Now, on April 13, 2029 we might have a bad day.
By CJ
February 12, 2009 10:51 PM | Link to this
My son was born on Friday the 13th after a rough pregnancy and delivery. I’ll never forget my doctor, in an effort to lighten the mood, looking up at me and saying, “It’s a boy; let’s name him Jason!” We didn’t.
By painfultruth
February 12, 2009 9:52 PM | Link to this
Oh, please! SUPERSTITION! Go step on a crack and break your mothers back! Maybe walk under a ladder, or have a black cat cross your path, you weak-minded simpletons! Just proves again that Darwin was correct! Go ask Obama for help - I’m SURE he’ll turn the USA into paradise. Not so much yet…
By redwine
February 12, 2009 6:33 PM | Link to this
Karma. Another day, another date of time. Maybe it’s not all numberology. Good things happen on bad days. So maybe it isn’t the date.
By Michael
February 12, 2009 6:10 PM | Link to this
One grammaticle error verses 10 mispelled words…. ( and I used spell check - go figure ) I can live with that average.
By Jo
February 12, 2009 5:49 PM | Link to this
Michael- There’s no need for rude comments. Especially if you’re also going to make grammatical errors (i.e. you’re vs. your).
I hope tomorrow goes smoothly for all. :)
By Michael
February 12, 2009 5:25 PM | Link to this
Carol Showers what kind of hilljack are you? Have you ever heard of spell check? Or is that above your 5th grade education? It’s no wonder Dayton is failing on numerous fronts. I certainly hope your taking a spelling class, if not your wasting your money.
By Carol Showers
February 12, 2009 4:27 PM | Link to this
Well I know there a movie about Friday the 13th but now so sure it is really bad luck. I will say that the numbre 13 IS lucky, I was born on January 13th and two of my boys were born on it two. I think thay wanted to make something up to scare people about the movie. The peple say chashed there cars on that day that is just bad luck, it might have been wether relatied as well Well I’m off from claases and studying now back home to see my famley!!!!
By $140,000
February 12, 2009 3:38 PM | Link to this
Ask Jason Vorhees
By Gold
February 12, 2009 3:18 PM | Link to this
I am going to win on Fri 13th
By flipper
February 12, 2009 3:09 PM | Link to this
It’s not any more lucky or unlucky than any other day. Check with the lottery winners and the accident victims.
By jared
February 12, 2009 2:49 PM | Link to this
hope it is lucky since last week ive had nothing but bad luck my check from work wasnt in the mail and still havent recieved pay, i cant get my license back due to the computers in cbus not being able to recieve files due to virus ive torn my mcl and my dp&l was cut off for 3 days due to a check i mailed to them getting lost hopefully friday the 13th reverses my fortune. unlucky to a t oh yea nearly evicted due to my check from work not coming thank god for mothers
By Patty
February 12, 2009 2:43 PM | Link to this
My husband and I think Friday the 13th is pretty special. We got married on Friday the 13th 40 years ago. We’re still happily married! (and yes…we both feel that way)
By Flo Ridian
February 12, 2009 2:43 PM | Link to this
I have bad luck 365 days a year, so I couldn’t tell you. My grandmother has always said ” If it wasnt for bad luck, I wouldnt have any at all” I guess it’s a family curse…
By Rae
February 12, 2009 2:19 PM | Link to this
I was in a car accident on Friday the 13th one year…. I almost stayed home from work that night but I went in anyways, and boom….. To say the least - I don’t care for Friday the 13th!
And to Lucky Ducky: you’re braggin about cheating on your wife with a dude behind Walmart…….. are you kidding me?? That’s just nasty - if you’re gay then leave her already!!! And if your not - then don’t cheat on her behind Walmart with a GUY!!!!