Senator Kerry, let’s be honest: Exactly how many (Republican) lives have you saved? Really..:-)
Posted : August 13, 2004 at 12:28 pm [America/Los_Angeles]
Jim Rassmann
Chic Hecth
Well, we all knew about how Kerry saved Jim Rassmann’s life. Turns out, there is atleast one other Republican public figure who owes his life to Kerry’s quick thinking. Here’s an excerpt of the full article dated 02/06/2004:
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On July 12, 1988, Hecht was attending a weekly Republican luncheon when a piece of apple lodged firmly in his throat.Hecht stumbled out of the room, thinking he might
vomit but not wanting to do it in front of his colleagues. Sen. Kit
Bond, R-Mo., thumped his back, but Hecht quickly passed out in the
hallway.Just then, Kerry stepped off an elevator, rushed to Hecht’s side and gave him the Heimlich maneuver — four times.
The lifesaving incident made international news, and
Dr. Henry Heimlich, who invented the maneuver in 1974, called Hecht to
say that had Kerry intervened just 30 seconds later Hecht might have
been in a vegetative state for life.“This man gave me my life,” the 75-year-old Hecht said Thursday.
Hecht said he was amazed that Kerry acted so quickly — some people were assuming that he was having a heart attack.
“He knew exactly what to do,” he said. “But a lot of people know what to do. They just don’t size up the situation immediately.”
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On Wednesday, Roll Call wrote a story about Hecht’s incident. So far, Kerry hasn’t asked Hecht to appear at a campaign event, but Hecht said he would if he were asked.
The more I read such stories and then see news items such as these …
- Cheney Slams Kerry ‘Sensitive’ War Plea
- Swift Boat Veterans Condemn Kerry as Unfit to Command
- Drudge Report: Unfit for command
… the more I am convinced what Clinton had to say the other night on Jon Stewart’s show.
Well, let’s look at the bright side:
Jim Rassmann and Chic Hecht will always have a well-wisher that they can count on and vice versa.
- Anand
Category: United (or not) State of American Politics 2004