Tenn. guardsmen come to stricken man’s aid

Tenn. guardsmen come to stricken man’s aid
The Jackson (Tenn.) Sun
Posted : Sunday May 22, 2011 15:38:45 EDT
JACKSON, Tenn. — Quick thinking on the part of four Tennessee guardsmen who recently provided medical assistance to an elderly man at a Jackson restaurant may have saved his life.

While on their lunch break at about 1:15 p.m. May 15, Staff Sgt. Shane Hutchens, Staff Sgt. Kenji Yamauchi, Sgt. Loren Steele and Spc. James Davis of the Union City-based 913th Engineers, 230th Engineer Battalion, were standing in line at a Subway restaurant when they noticed an elderly man lose his balance and catch himself on the edge of the vegetable counter, according to a news release.

“He began to sway back and forth,” Davis said in the release. At this point, the soldiers asked the man if he was all right.

When the man failed to respond, Yamauchi and Hutchens caught him as he began to fall to prevent him from being injured. Davis pulled up a chair so he could sit down. But before he could be seated, the elderly man blacked out.
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Tenn. guardsmen come to stricken man’s aid