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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMembers of Cajun Navy resuscitate Houston resident found floating lifeless
http://www.nola.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2017/08/members_of_cajun_navy_resuscit.html#incart_big-photoThree members of the Cajun Navy who went to the Houston area Monday morning to rescue stranded residents pulled a lifeless elderly woman from floodwaters and resuscitated her. Joshua Lincoln of Madisonville, Ricky Berrigan of Lacombe and Donnie Davenport of Pearl River were motoring their flatboat northeast of Houston when they came across 73-year-old Wilma Ellis, floating face down.
"The lady must have been crossing in some current. She floated right to the boat. We jumped out and got her and gave her compressions right there in the water. We were holding her from behind."
After about 15 chest compressions, Ellis began to cough and breathe on her own, Lincoln said. The men pulled her into the boat and used a blanket to help her regain body warmth. She was scared, wet and a little disoriented, Lincoln said. After unsuccessfully searching for anyone who knew Ellis, the men dropped her with a local businessman at a gas station near the corner of Tidwell Road and Parkway Forest Drive.
"We're trying to get an ambulance or helicopter to her," Lincoln said. "I put her medic bracelet out there on social media. I just don't know what else I can do."
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Members of Cajun Navy resuscitate Houston resident found floating lifeless (Original Post)
fleur-de-lisa
Aug 2017
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hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)1. Awesome!
Texas appreciates these Cajuns very much!!!
sarge43
(28,945 posts)2. "I just don't know what else I can do."
What!? You and your friends saved a woman's life. That's above and beyond. You all stand in the light, good sirs.
DinahMoeHum
(21,809 posts)3. The "Cajun Navy" has a presence on Facebook. . .
. . .plus info on how to donate. . .
http://www.louisianacajunnavy.org/
https://www.facebook.com/LaCajunNavy
gademocrat7
(10,669 posts)4. Heroes
Thank you, Cajun Navy for your courage and rendering aid during this catastrophe.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)5. Kick for exposure!
Well done, Cajun Navy!
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)6. Excellent!
Although I think this will be first save of many, this alone was well worth their trip. Thanks guys, keep up the good work. Stay safe.
7962
(11,841 posts)7. THIS is America. nt
samnsara
(17,635 posts)8. omg that gave me chills reading it...
peacebuzzard
(5,182 posts)9. Great rescue Cajun Navy!
Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)10. K&R