Elmwood Township’s harbormaster, Pete Moon, is settling down after a busy season, both personally and professionally. He kept up with his duties this summer despite heart attacks putting him in the hospital on two separate occasions. The first one occurred just before the 2023 Cherry Festival in June, as Moon began experiencing chest pain near the end of the day.
“I was getting ready to leave the marina, and I started to get chest pains — quite a binding in my chest,” Moon said. “I prayed. I said, ‘God, what should I do?’ I just ended up turning the corner towards the hospital. I went to the ER, and it was a good thing that I did.”
After a few medical tests, hospital staff quickly diagnosed Moon with a heart attack. As the harbormaster said above, this was the right decision. According to Mayo Clinic, a heart attack that goes unrecognized increases the risk of another heart attack, which can cause complications like heart failure.
