A Virginia inmate was honored with a Citizen’s Service Award after saving a deputy who was choking on his food.
A Virginia inmate was honored Tuesday with a Citizen’s Service Award after saving a deputy who was choking on his food.
Curtis Harrell and a few other inmates at the Chesapeake Corrections Center were recently participating in a workforce program, where retired deputies teach different skills to help inmates have better opportunities in finding employment once released. During a lunch break, Deputy Robert Rensch was eating a sandwich when he suddenly started choking on it. Harnell at first thought Rensch was having a stroke before he realized what was going on.WTKR 3. “It took a little while, but eventually he coughed up what he was choking on. It was the longest 60 seconds of my life.”
Coincidentally, it was Rensch who taught Harrell the Heimlich maneuver, as he teaches inmates first aid training. The Heimlich maneuver is the recommended first-aid technique for choking,
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