BILL PEARSON Mon, 12/14/2020 - 1:45pm
LPN Kenzie Cox used her medical training on Nov. 25 to save a man who collapsed in the small mall parking lot. Courtesy of Boothbay Harbor Police Department
2020 has been an eventful year for 21-year old Virginia native Kenzie Cox. In April, she married U.S. Coast Guardsman Corey Cox. In May, she graduated from Rappahahock Community College with a nursing degree. In June, she joined her husband stationed at the Boothbay Harbor Coast Guard Base. And in November, she saved a man’s life.
On Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving, Cox was waiting in the small mall parking lot for her medical appointment at Boothbay Regional Health Center. Cox was in her car and saw a man walking toward the parking lot. He suddenly collapsed. He fell to his knees before falling over and eventually was laying on his side. “It was like seeing a person drop to his knees after learning they had lost a child,” she said. “It was raining, and I wonder
you can have a turn to see who the best player is. maybe it s the boss. i don t know. we will make a determination as to who the best player is. the media is terrific. any sports media there? i know you are not sports media there? any sports media? they will have a coast guard challenge. enjoy the course, one of the great courses of the world as you know. this is the 17th hole and all of you were watching my shot. did you see it? the shot and the birdie. i made it. they will say it s a triple bogey, but i actually got a birdie. it s an honor to have you at the course and you will come back and we will do this a little bit and the job you did in florida and frankly the job they did in texas saved 16,000 people. it s unheard of. i want to thank you. the coast guard is fantastic.
we closed the course. you can have a little tournament. you re going to determine who the best player is, right? maybe it s the boss, i don t know. but we ll make a determination as to who the best player is. the media is terrific. any sports media there? i know you re not sports. any any sports media? they re going to have a little coast guard challenge. so, enjoy the course. one of the great courses of the world. the 17th hole. i think all of you were watching my shot, right? did you see it? the shot and then a birdie. they ll say i took a triple bogey but i actually got a birdie. go ahead and enjoy. i know you ate. it s an honor to have you at the course. and you ll come back. the job you did in florida and, frankly, especially the job, as you know, the job they did in texas saved 16,000 people.
we will make a determination. they are going to have a little coast guard challenge. this is the 17th hole and i think all of you are watching. [laughter] it s an honor to have you. the job you did, frankly especially the job he did in texas, 16,000, it s unheard of. i said come use my course, i didn t know it would be flooded