Posted on 08/28/2017 12:50:39 PM PDT by Rusty0604
Three 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. "I thought it was a trash bag," Lincoln said. "She was wearing a black shirt.
"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.
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Great!! Love stories like this!!
Lacombe? Pearl River? My old stomping grounds! ;-)
So many good stories of people helping people, not complaining or blaming anybody. A few exceptions, mostly from the media.
Of course the gov’t tried to stop the Cajun Navy initially but thankfully failed.
God must have plans for that lady.
Amazing survival! Amazing rescue!
I think I vaguely remember that. Didn’t the government say private citizens have no business helping their fellow man, only the government can do that? Thankfully we’re not hearing that in Texas.
Wilma Ellis
Very very cool.
Love this stuff...
I would love to know more about this, how long she was in the water, how cold the water was...
These things interest me.
At 18 years of age (1969) I pulled a young man out of the Merced river. The water was ice cold. He had been in it for 15 to 30 minutes.
We knew of a person being lost. I waded into a stream and he came floating down river about four feet under the surface, head toward me and face down. It was a very peaceful moment, but so tragic.
At the time, there was no information public (that I am aware of) that addressed the fact that severe cold temperatures can shut down a person’s metabolism.
At times people like this can be resuscitated far in excess of the normal six to seven minute range without brain damage.
As I have looked back on that situation, I have come to wonder if we couldn’t have saved that guy. I’ll never know, and I don’t feel guilty about it, but it sure would have been a better outcome.
These guys deserve some massive kudos for this rescue.
Warms the heart...
Katrina people? That’s awful. Wish they could shoot back. That has got to be one of the stupidest things I’ve heard of, shooting at people that are there to rescue you.
We see so much inhumanity to our fellow man these days.
Here is the opposite side of the coin.
These men from far away dedicated themselves to helping out.
Their lives are forever changed, as was this woman’s.
There is hope out there folks.
I imagine the water there is warm, so she must not have been there long.
That would be my take too.
If she was in the water for a period of time, I’d sure like to understand what was going on to allow her to be saved.
It’s pretty amazing they came along just in time to save her.
Course, I wasn’t there to see her duck her head down. /smile
Well, well, well. . . . .
Nice story, the Cajun Navy is great I should take my boat to Texas and help..Prayers to Harvey’s victims...
They’re from Only Black Lives Matter.
They didn't, the locals kept at it, and the guy hasn't been seen at press conferences ever since.
-PJ
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