- Timothy Sweeney and his wife had just stopped to pick up a blueberry pie for his grandma when he saw a man lying nearby in the middle of the street.
It was only when Sweeney reached the man on that West Town street June 30 that he realized how grave the situation was: An artery had been cut, and a shinbone poked through the skin.
The 28-year-old police recruit had just recently learned how to apply a tourniquet, he explained to reporters Friday at the Chicago Police Academy. But he was off duty at the time and didn’t have the kit with him, he said.
“One gentleman gave me his belt,” Sweeney explained. “I applied the belt and got it as tight as I could.”
He did have some previous paramedic training, so he was a little more prepared than the many recruits (and many veteran cops), but still, calm and collected under the pressure of someone bleeding out in seconds is something most of us don't see every day.
An excellent job by the soon-to-be Police Officer
An excellent job by the soon-to-be Police Officer
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