SFC Darrick Geathers saving the world

The Army Times reports about Army Sergeant First Class Darrick Geathers who saved an Air Force airman suffering from a severe wound of some sort outside his apartment in Osan, Korea;

“It was night time and I couldn’t really see much. I thought maybe he was drunk or had gotten sick, but I called out to him just to check and see if he was okay,” Geathers said, according to the release. “That’s when I noticed the pool of blood under him, and that it was all coming from a very serious gash to his head.”

Geathers’ training and experience kicked in, and he ripped off his shirt and put pressure on the wound of the airman from the 51st Operations Support Squadron. Since he needed two hands, he was unable to call for an ambulance, so he yelled for help and another man responded. But because of a communications barrier, Geathers said, it took around an hour for the Korean emergency responders to arrive.

The injured airman lost consciousness shortly after responders arrived. But a month later, he has recovered enough to return to work. It was unclear in the Army news release as to what caused the airman’s injury. His commanding officer, Air Force Lt. Col. Jason Jensen, said the airman was lucky to be alive and credited Geathers.

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…said Geathers. “It doesn’t take a hero; it just takes some courage to do the right thing.”

Category: Real Soldiers