{"id":65851,"date":"2016-05-18T12:22:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T16:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=65851"},"modified":"2016-05-18T12:22:16","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T16:22:16","slug":"thomas-gentry-navy-corpsman-saving-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=65851","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Gentry; Navy corpsman saving the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bobo sends us a link to the story<\/a> of Thomas Gentry, a Navy corpsman senior petty officer who happened upon a damsel in distress. He was driving from Virginia Beach to Norfolk when he almost ran into a Nissan that had quit working in the center lane of the freeway. On his motorcycle, he swerved and missed the vehicle, but he kept an eye on it in his mirror. Gentry witnessed when a Silverado struck it from behind, send the Nissan flying. He turned around and went back to lend aid. When he got to the car, he saw flames and the driver, but the door was jammed. He didn’t notice the two young girls who were also in the car, but he fred the driver as flames were about to consume her;<\/p>\n

He spent the next few minutes giving the woman oxygen with the help of a petty officer first class who had stopped to help. Once an ambulance arrived, medics tended to the passenger and a toddler who had been in the back, according to police. The man, who had initially been unconscious, was hysterical.<\/p>\n

Gentry heard through the fire department that there had been an infant in the back seat. News reports later confirmed that she died.<\/p>\n

Attorney Jon Babineau identified the woman in the car as LaTisha Pearl. She was in critical condition Tuesday evening at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, according to spokeswoman Danya Bushey.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

\u201cI want the family to know I\u2019m praying for them,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just been a challenge to know there was a baby in that car and there\u2019s nothing you can do.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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