Army Medic Helps Street-Shooting Victim on Hearing Gunfire Feet From His Home

Army Medic Helps Street-Shooting Victim on Hearing Gunfire Feet From His Home
Sgt. Dustin D. Biven/75th Field Artillery Brigade/U.S. Army
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A trained combat medic’s movie night at home with his wife was dramatically interrupted by gunfire, not on the screen but outside their front door. In the next few minutes that followed, the U.S. Army medic knew exactly what to do to save a stranger’s life.

As a serving soldier based at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Spc. Matthew Attaway’s training immediately kicked in, and he ran upstairs for his medical bag. What had been a quiet night in with wife Hailey had suddenly become a dramatic life-or-death situation.

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