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Gay Intern Credited with Keeping Rep. Giffords Alive
January 10th, 2011 at 11:30 am by Erin Rook ·
DanielHernandez Jr., a gay 20-year-old intern to Gabrielle Giffords and
member of the City of Tuscon Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender Issues, is being credited with keeping the Congresswoman
alive after she was shot in the head at a public event outside a Tuscon Safeway store, Towleroad reports.
According to the Dallas Voice:
Hernandez was standing about 30 feet from Giffords during
the “Congress on Your Corner” event outside a Safeway store near
Tucson. When the gunshots began, Hernandez ran toward them and began
checking the pulses of people who’d been hit. When Hernandez got to
Giffords, he used his hand to apply pressure to the entry wound on her
forehead. He pulled her into his lap and held her upright so she
wouldn’t choke on her blood.
Hernandez, who had only been an intern for Rep. Giffords for five days, told ABC news that his experience in triage informed his actions in the wake of the shooting.
“When this happened, I kind of just shut off all emotion because I
knew I wouldn’t be any good to anyone if I had a breakdown,” Hernendez
told Christiane Amanpour. “I had to lift up the congresswoman because
she was severely injured, and I wanted to make sure that she was able
to breathe okay because there was so much blood.”
Hernendez said he bandaged the wounded victims using smocks from the grocery store.
He was excellent to come up with source that someone would not think of doing.He deserved a high five.