FORT WORTH CYCLIST HONORED FOR TRINITY RIVER RESCUE

MedStar presents Community Hero Award to Jeff Harrison who saved two people from drowning.

While others stood by watching in horror as a mother and her young daughter were swept away by the river’s strong current, Harrison alone flung himself in to the water to help.  After retrieving the two from the water, he began performing CPR on the mother.  Although not formally trained, Harrison performed CPR based on what he had seen on television.

 “It takes an incredible amount of courage to take action in a situation like this,” says Zim Zimmerman, Area Metropolitan Ambulance Authority Board President and Fort Worth City Council Member.  “In this case, Jeff was a bystander who put himself in harm’s way to make a lifesaving difference for these two people.”

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