In 2017, an aspiring actress and model from Queens who was visiting the island of Jamaica was found dead with a slit throat on a rural road not far from a popular resort town.
The Military Learned to Stop the Bleeding
Many civilian lives could be saved by using tourniquets.
A Combat Application Tourniquet training demonstration in Long Beach, Calif., May 9, 2019. Photo: David McNew/Getty Images By Frank K. Butler and John B. Holcomb Dec. 20, 2020 4:29 pm ET
Robyn Gardner lay bleeding by a river near Sacramento, Calif., her thigh ripped open by a boat’s propeller. A former Army medic happened to be nearby. He applied a tourniquet, which immediately stopped the bleeding and stabilized Gardner. But when the ambulance arrived, the crew removed the tourniquet, because tourniquets weren’t an approved trauma intervention in the jurisdiction. EMTs tried other techniques to control the bleeding, but Gardner died at 38 in 2003.
president obama showed how tough he can be on foreign policy during the debate with john mccain four years ago. the president is going to have to prove himself. the republicans are accusing the obama administration of the attack on the consulate in benghazi. there are legitimate questions about the attack, but the republicans claim there s a cover up. tonight secretary of state hillary clinton announced that she s taking full responsibility for the benghazi attack. secretary clinton told nbc news we did everything we could to keep our people safe, which is my primary responsibility. the attack might be tough for romney to resist tomorrow night. remember, romney told donors at a fundraiser he would look for a crisis to exploit. today his friend robyn gardner
there are legitimate questions about the attack, but the republicans claim there s a cover up. tonight secretary of state hillary clinton announced that she s taking full responsibility for the benghazi attack. secretary clinton told nbc news we did everything we could to keep our people safe, which is my primary responsibility. the attack might be tough for romney to resist tomorrow night. remember, romney told donors at a fundraiser he would look for a crisis to exploit. today his friend robyn gardner rudy giuliani agreed. there s a cover up here. they are trying to run out the clock. this administration is so disengaged we need another administration to protect us. here s the problem for romney. president obama has a good foreign policy record to run on. bin laden is dead, our troops are out of iraq, we have a date certain to pull troops out of
you said you were the tickle monster so you could touch my 11-year-old body. finally, he forced me to touch him. he called it horseplay. only later did i understand the sexual assault. i m troubled by flashbacks of his naked body. one by one, they detailed the physical and emotional anguish inflicted by sandusky and the betrayal of the father figure they became to trust. beforehanding down the sentence, the judge addressed the victims directly. he said it s for your courage and not for the assault that you will be remembered. live from bellefonte, pennsylvania, i m andrea mccarren, back to you. chilling testimony even now. andrea, thank you. jerry sandusky s refusal to admit guilt, we have seen this before and in fact, in our area. the city of falls church was rocked by the child molestation case of michael gardner. peggy fox, you covered this trial start to finish and you have an exclusive interview today. i sat down with the parents of one of his victims. their daught