Panhandle tourists turn tables, save doctor's life

FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA - A Georgia physician says he owes his life to three tourists who rescued him after he passed out and sank to the bottom of a hotel swimming pool. <br> <br> Dr. Harvey Leslie of Decatur was practicing snorkeling Sunday in the pool at the Radisson Inn near Fort Walton Beach, on the Florida Panhandle, when he lost consciousness. <br> <br> David Bramlett, of Stockton, California, brought the 48-year-old Leslie to the surface. Roger Thomas, of Lafayette, Georgia, helped pull the doctor out of the pool. <br> <br> Kim Plylar, an emergency room nurse from Prattville, Alabama, administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while Bramlett massaged Leslie&#39;s chest. The doctor was breathing again before paramedics arrived. <br> <br> Leslie said Wednesday that he doesn&#39;t know why he passed out but just was happy to be alive. As a doctor who saves people&#39;s lives all the time, Leslie said, ``This time somebody got to save me for a change.&#39;&#39;