BEVERLY – After suffering a heart attack on the streets of Salem last October, Lynn resident Antonio Guerrero met the woman who saved his life at an American Heart Association event on Tuesday.”I was basically on the other side, but thanks to Jasper (Swiniuch), the paramedics and the fire department, I’m still here,” Guerrero said.On Oct. 27, 2010, Guerrero, 62, was walking to work at the North Shore Career Center, when he suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous. Figuring he had a cold, Guerrero pressed on until he collapsed from what he later learned was cardiac arrest.By chance, Swiniuch was walking in the area when she saw Guerrero laying on the sidewalk and quickly sprang to action using her recently learned CPR skills.”I just did what I thought anyone else would do and went on auto pilot,” she said. “But it was terrifying.”Swiniuch, an assistant manager at Salem Five Mortgage Company, said at first there was a crowd of about seven people hovering around her and Guerrero but, by the time he was being treated by EMTs, nearly 100 people were swarming nearby.”I was the only one that helped by doing compressions,” she said. “I later found out that only 37 percent of people will get involved in that type of situation if they know how to do CPR or not. And in that percentage, only 8 percent of those people survive. That is frightening to me.”Since the father of four’s health scare, Guerrero underwent quadruple bypass surgery and has been going to rehabilitation at Union Hospital. He’s also modified his diet and exercises regularly.”I never had any heart problems before, and didn’t pay much attention to eating habits, but now it’s part of my life,” Guerrero said. “Everybody has been very supportive of me and on my side.”At Tuesday’s event at Beverly Hospital, Swiniuch and medical personnel were honored by the AHA with Heart Saver Hero awards for coming to Guerrero’s aid.”It was really emotional for me and Jasper when we saw each other for the first time,” he said. “I’m very thankful.”February marks American Heart Health Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about America’s leading cause of death.