Positivity Saturday Bonus: Links to Three Life-Saving Stories
These all deserve notice, and might slip away if I don’t combine them into one post, which is why I did just that. Go to the links to read the full stories:
Hero driver used belt to stop severed leg bleeding
(from Scotland; Nov. 13, 2006)
A HERO lorry driver has spoken about how he used his belt to save the life of a man who lost his leg in a horrific road crash.
Brian Mulholland, 51, smashed the van’s windshield to rescue the driver after he lost control and crashed through a safety barrier on the M8.
He then used his trouser belt as a tourniquet on the man’s leg, which was severed below the knee.
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Tennis instructor gets award for saving man’s life
(From Denver; Nov. 13, 2006)
On Wednesday, November 8, the South Suburban Parks and Recreation Board of Directors had a unique opportunity to celebrate the heroic efforts of a dedicated employee, Vicki Holthus, Community Tennis Coordinator. Last June 16, Vicki performed CPR on a tennis patron, Al Clerihue, at the Holly Tennis Center and he survived to share the honor bestowed upon her by South Metro Fire Rescue on November 8.
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Man praised for rescue from burning car
(From San Bernardino County, CA; Nov. 13, 2006)
California Highway Patrol officials have declared Upland resident Guillermo Millan a hero. CHP Officer Sean Cooper said Millan risked his life to rescue Curtis Powell from a flaming car on westbound Interstate 10, west of Cherry Avenue, on Oct. 7.
Powell remains in critical but stable condition at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton. His family said Friday that Powell was taken off a ventilator and is breathing on his own.
There are plans to give Millan a certificate to honor his deed, Cooper said.
Millan, 44, does not see himself as a hero.
“When I got him out, he was dead,” Millan said. “It was nothing nice, let me tell you.”
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