*Hahahahah* On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote:
> I still didn't get how being gay helped? > > Was a condom or dental dam used? > > Poppers? > > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Daniel Hernandez, gay 20 Year old intern, may have saved Gabrielle >> Giffords' life with first aid >> >> Daniel Hernandez had been U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' intern for >> five days when she was shot Saturday outside Tucson. >> >> The junior at the University of Arizona was helping check people in at >> the "Congress on Your Corner" event when he heard gunfire. He was >> about 30 feet from the congresswoman. When the shots began, he ran >> toward them. >> >> "I don't even know if the gunfire had stopped," he said Saturday night >> as he kept a vigil at the University Medical Center cafeteria, >> gathered near a TV watching tributes and getting updates. >> >> When the shots began that morning, he saw many people lying on the >> ground, including a young girl. Some were bleeding. Hernandez said he >> moved from person to person checking pulses. >> >> "First the neck, then the wrist," he said. One man was already dead. >> Then he saw Giffords. She had fallen and was lying contorted on the >> sidewalk. She was bleeding. >> >> Using his hand, Hernandez applied pressure to the entry wound on her >> forehead. He pulled her into his lap, holding her upright against him >> so she wouldn't choke on her own blood. Giffords was conscious, but >> quiet. >> >> Ron Barber, Giffords' district director, was next to her. Hernandez >> told a bystander how to apply pressure to one of Barber's wounds. >> >> Barber told Hernandez, "Make sure you stay with Gabby. Make sure you >> help Gabby." >> >> Hernandez used his hand to apply pressure until someone from inside >> Safeway brought him clean smocks from the meat department. He used >> them to apply pressure on the entrance wound, unaware there was an >> exit wound. He never let go of her. >> >> He stayed with Giffords until paramedics arrived. They strapped her to >> a board and loaded her into an ambulance. Hernandez climbed in with >> her. On the ride to the hospital, he held her hand. She squeezed his >> back. >> >> When they arrived at the hospital, Hernandez was soaked in blood. His >> family brought him clean clothes because the FBI took his for >> evidence. >> >> He waited at the hospital while she went into surgery. He needed to >> tell police what had happened. He overheard people walking by talking >> about how Giffords had died. He also heard this on NPR. Later, he >> learned she had lived. >> >> "I was ecstatic," he said. "She was one of the people I've looked up >> to. Knowing she was alive and still fighting was good news. She's >> definitely a fighter, whether for her own life, or standing up for >> people in southern Arizona." >> >> The fact that Hernandez was nearby and able to react quickly probably >> saved Giffords' life, said state Rep. Matt Heinz, D-Tucson, and a >> hospital physician. He talked to Hernandez at the hospital after the >> shooting. >> >> Eight hours after the shooting, Hernandez stood with Giffords' friends >> and staff and told them what had happened. The tall, strong >> 20-year-old said, "Of course you're afraid, you just kind of have to >> do what you can." >> >> They hugged and thanked him. Later, he sat with his mom and sisters >> and told them about his friends and the staffers who had died that >> day. >> >> "You just have to be calm and collected," he said. "You do no good to >> anyone if you have a breakdown. . . . It was probably not the best >> idea to run toward the gunshots, but people needed help." >> >> >> >> Read more: >> http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/01/09/20110109daniel-hernandez-gabrielle-giffords-arizona-shooting.html#ixzz1Ae2X7Eur >> >> -- >> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. >> Have a great day, >> Tommy >> >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
