One of them told me the next day that if not for the tourniquet, I'd almost certainly have bled to death before the paramedics arrived. You covered me with a blanket and gave me emergency first aid, including apparently putting a tourniquet on my left arm above where I'd mangled it so badly.Īs reality cut in, I looked you in the eye and said, I really F'd myself up, didn't I? At the hospital in Vallejo, the ER doctor spent hours picking all the shards of windshield out of my arm, then installing three dozen stitches. You stayed with me until the ambulance got there. I do recall you telling me you were a medical student. If you told me your name, I'm sorry, but I don't recall it. I remember you as a man in his late 20s maybe, gentle manner, soothing voice, kind hands. You were there when I came to, lying in the middle of the road, in shock and bleeding from a train wreck of injuries. You saw the accident and stopped to help. My van rolled three times and flung me onto the asphalt. THEA RHIANNON: And when I sat back up again with my eyes faced forward, I had drifted into oncoming traffic. As she leaned down to get it, she accidentally pulled the steering wheel to the left. Her car registration paper blew off the sun visor and onto the floor. One hot afternoon decades ago, Rhiannon was driving her old VW bus down the highway when she rolled down her window to let in some fresh air. My Unsung Hero tells the stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: Time now for My Unsung Hero, our series from the team at Hidden Brain.
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