Posted on 03/25/2004 1:23:50 PM PST by BunnySlippers
Newsman Helps Ailing Plane Passenger [Brian Williams, MD]
NEW YORK, March 25 (UPI) -- MSNBC newsman and former volunteer fireman Brian Williams jumped in to help an ailing fellow passenger on a recent shuttle flight from New York to Washington.
Williams, who had some training as an emergency medical technician, assisted a 64-year-old man on the Delta flight who was having trouble breathing, reported TV Guide Online Thursday.
Williams, who has been tapped to succeed Tom Brokaw at NBC after the 2004 elections, performed simple triage on the patient, checking his pulse, asking questions to determine what was wrong, and giving him water and an aspirin. The newsman also stayed with the passenger until the plane was brought back to LaGuardia Airport, where an EMT crew was waiting, TV Guide Online said.
The man indicated he knew who came to his aid, quipping, "This is a hell of way to get viewers."
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