( CareerBuilder.com ) -- Co-workers are always a great topic of conversation . You never run out of things to say when it comes to talking about the different types of people you work with , what you love , what you hate and how you deal with it all . We thought we 'd do a little research into some of the best co-workers out there . Not just the different personality types , but real people , who do real good things . What we found found is that many workers out there are generous , kind people who put their colleagues ' lives before their own without hesitation . Here are 5 of the most heroic co-workers people encountered this year . The heroes . 1 . Co-worker helps to save a fellow employee 's life . Claude Marlowe , a diabetic , went to work one morning like any other day . When he went to shake a colleague 's hand , he had a heart attack and dropped dead -- literally . That 's when Debi Coffman and another co-worker , Larry Garrett , realized that this was n't a diabetic episode ; Marlowe had no pulse . The two performed CPR and chest compressions and revived Marlowe three times before emergency crews arrived . He suffered five heart attacks and was brain dead for at least two hours . He would not be alive had his co-workers not known what to do . ( Nascar.com ) 2 . Chandler worker helps colleague get new artificial leg . For 30 years , Gregory Lewis , a retail maintenance worker , walked with the same prosthetic device on his left leg . As the years wore on , so did his artificial leg . One day , he lifted his foot off the ground to get into his car , and the artificial leg fell off . Lewis had no health insurance and did n't have money for a new prosthesis , which cost more than $ 10,000 . Daniel Anderson , a code enforcement officer who moonlights as a Dillard 's security guard , knew about his co-worker 's struggle , and was determined to help . Thanks to friends and family , Anderson raised $ 1,000 and earned the rest of the money with the help of Dillard 's and a local prosthetic company to buy Lewis a new leg . ( The Arizona Republic ) 3 . Houston transit worker helps fallen woman on Metro tracks . When Eliot Swainson , a Houston Transit Authority employee , was volunteering for the Metro in Washington , D.C. , he did n't expect to come home a hero . But that 's just what Swainson became when he directed a woman who had fallen on the tracks to safety . Swainson was giving directions to other passengers when Metro patrons began yelling that someone had fallen on the tracks . He and another person unsuccessfully tried to remove the woman from the tracks . Swainson was left with one option : direct the woman to safety while the train passed overhead . He told the woman to stay as close to the edge of the track as possible , under the overhang next to the tracks to avoid getting hit . After the train passed , they cut power to the tracks and got the woman to safety . ( dcist.com/ ) 4 . Hair stylist saves coworker . Carol Morgan , a 68-year-old hair stylist , helped resuscitate co-worker who suffered sudden cardiac arrest . Sue Flood , 64 , had just finished eating lunch and was washing her dishes in the sink when she collapsed . As another colleague screamed for help , Morgan ran to Flood , who had no pulse . She immediately began chest compressions and CPR . When emergency crews arrived , Flood had just started to breathe and have some movement . Morgan says that she has known CPR for 15 to 20 years but never had to use it until that day . ( Pryor Daily Times ) 5 . Hero died saving co-worker . Earl Ramersad was a supervisor at Delta Glass , a Canadian company , for more than 10 years . He died a hero when he pushed a co-worker out of harm 's way by absorbing the full impact of glass panes that fell while workers were off-loading it from a container . Colleagues said Ramersad went to help his crew when the accident happened and ended up saving someone 's life instead . ( Trinidad & Tobago Express ) & copy CareerBuilder.com 2010 . All rights reserved . The information contained in this article may not be published , broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority .
Just about everyone can complain about at least one coworker . But Debi Coffman and Larry Garrett gave coworker CPR and saved his life . A security guard helps raise money to pay for prosthetic leg for coworker . Comment: