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Overcoming Tragedy: Meet Mayor Pat Hallisey By: Erin Webb Communications & Media Director League City Regional Chamber of Commerce [email protected] K indness is defined as the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.  Compassion  motivates people to go out of their way to help the physical, mental or emotional pains of another and themselves. When I think of League City Mayor Pat Hallisey, those are the two words that immediately come to mind.    I have never met a more kind or compassionate man than him.     When Hurricane Harvey hit our area, he was among the first to visit nearby shelters and neighborhoods to offer a helping hand.  While many were consumed by the catastrophic damage done to their own homes, Mayor Hallisey put his own needs aside and made sure he was aiding the town and the people that he loves dearly.  Many of you don’t even know that Mayor Hallisey and his wife Janice suffered damage to their home during Harvey, but wanted to make sure the people in this area were well taken care of first by helping to deliver supplies to the neighborhoods, visiting shelters, and helping to organize a supply distribution center that helped over 10,000 families.   About four weeks after the storm hit, Mayor Hallisey and Janice Above: Mayor Pat Hallisey and wife Janice helped lead a distribution center after Hurricane Harvey destroyed our area were trying to put their own home back in order, when he collapsed while working in their back yard.  Luckily, their daughter Ashley was with him called Janice, who immediately went home to pick him up and take him to the emergency room.    Mayor Hallisey suffered multiple heart attacks and the blood flow to the lower half of his body was cut off. He would later have his left leg amputated.   On the evening of October 11, Mayor Hallisey was air lifted  to Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute in the Texas Medical Center by Life Flight.    Dr. Hazim Safi and the medical team performed multiple surgeries and were able to save his Above: Mayor Pat Hallisey with Memorial Hermann employees Rebecca Lilley (left) and Ashlea Quinonez (right) life and restore circulation to his right leg.  The Mayor credits his relationship with Memorial Hermann for ensuring he received Continued on next page the right care at the right time.   MOMENTUM / March 2018 10