Stanton Truxillo currently hospitalized after heart attack on group ride.

Many of you know Stanton Truxillo, former president of the Austin Cycling Association and long-time bicycle rider, advocate and educator. He was on a group ride yesterday morning when he suffered a heart attack and collapsed. Here's the message that was sent out over the ACA mailing list and various other spots on the internets, detailing the incident:

Our dear friend Stanton Truxillo was on a group bike ride this morning when he collapsed from a massive heart attack. A motorist stopped and performed CPR until the paramedics arrived. They were wonderful and eventually did get his heart going again and he is now in the St. David's South Austin hospital. He had 100% blockage of one of the arteries to his heart and they have made a temporary opening to be able to pump blood to his heart. The plan is to take his body to a very low temperature and keep him in an induced coma for 24 - 48 hours. After that they will do a neurological assessment and then decide on a plan to bypass the blockage. Susie and their son Matthew are at the hospital. Katherine (daughter) arrives tomorrow. Please note that we will have no further updates until Stan's induced coma phase is over. Susie also specifically asked that we do a Facebook entry to help her get the word out to all their friends.

If you know Stanton or just know of him, please send good thoughts, prayers, and your support his and his family's way. Stanton has done more for our community than most of us could even imagine, and I know we're all hoping he pulls through. I'll be sure to post updates as I hear more.