4 National Guardsmen Save A Man’s Life After Stopping For Lunch In Poland

4 National Guardsmen Save A Man’s Life After Stopping For Lunch In Poland

Their motto reads “Always ready, always there,” and when four national guardsmen from Alabama walked into a Burger King, that’s exactly what they were.

The story comes from Skwierzyna, a town about 80 miles west of the headquarters of the US Army in Poland.

Sgt. 1st Class Alicia Haggins, Staff Sgt. Jacob Roberts, 2nd Lt. Indiana Rhodes, and Sgt. Justin Fagan stopped for lunch on their way to a Polish army training center when they saw that a man outside the restaurant had collapsed.

It was Haggins that first saw the emergency, and alerted her colleagues to come and help. Arriving, they found the man’s breathing was sparse and his pulse faint.

The four soldiers from the 214th Military Police Company initiated lifesaving measures, including CPR. First responders from the Polish ambulance service arrived within minutes, but asked Haggins and her company to continue to perform rotational chest compressions.

“When we started, I would say his pulse was very weak and very shortened,” Sgt. Fagan said told Stars and Stripes. “Once the (first responders) got there, it still continued to be a team-oriented event.”

Before the first responders arrived, Haggins used a translation app to talk with the victim’s wife, gathering medical history in which she confirmed the man had a history of heart problems.

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30 minutes of compressions passed before his pulse was somewhat stabilized, at which point a medical helicopter arrived to transport the man to a hospital. Afterwards, hugs were widely shared, especially from the man’s wife who thanked the Alabama guardsmen profusely for their help.

“Because they were there and at that time, (the victim) and his family have hope,” Army spokesman Lt. Col. Cain Claxton said Friday. “It is an example for all of us to emulate in helping people out, especially here being representatives for our country in Poland.”

All four will receive a non-combat commendation for their actions in service of an allied country and its citizens.

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