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Newsman Helps Ailing Plane Passenger [Brian Williams, MD]
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| 3/25/04
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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."
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brianwilliams; dal; lga; msnbc
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To: BunnySlippers
Why does this remind me of that commerical for one of the hotels. Holiday INn I think. Wonder how many docs he elbowed aside to make the save.
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posted on
03/25/2004 1:28:42 PM PST
by
cajungirl
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To: cajungirl
Notice he was credited with:
a. Taking the man's pulse
b. Giving him water
c. Administering an asprin
Hmmm ...
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posted on
03/25/2004 1:30:15 PM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(Help Bring Colly-fornia Back ...)
To: BunnySlippers
Sean Hannity was on the same plane. He reached the imperiled passenger first. He told him to read his next book, he would have a chapter about lifesaving in it and then he yelled something about "Hannitization" and walked away.
To: BunnySlippers
I think the title is wrong (M.D.) All it says in the text is that he's had EMT training, not that he's an MD.
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posted on
03/25/2004 1:32:55 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
(....."I see the idiot is here"............)
To: EggsAckley
Sorry, I took a little license with the title. ;)
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posted on
03/25/2004 1:34:16 PM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(Help Bring Colly-fornia Back ...)
To: BunnySlippers
I coulda done THAT.
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posted on
03/25/2004 1:35:43 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(in memory of James Edward Peck, my grandfather, who passed on 3/23/04)
To: Bluntpoint
LOL!
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posted on
03/25/2004 1:46:27 PM PST
by
Dog
To: Xenalyte
Sorry to hear about your grandfather..
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posted on
03/25/2004 1:47:31 PM PST
by
Dog
To: Xenalyte
Send your resume to NBC, attention 'anchor search'...
To: Dog
Thanks - he was a good man, and he's now rejoined my grandmother. It's just sad that he had to go on for eight years without her.
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posted on
03/25/2004 1:48:20 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(in memory of James Edward Peck, my grandfather, who passed on 3/23/04)
To: Diddle E. Squat
Except I'd probably have to move, and Xena's Guy ain't all that fond of New York.
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posted on
03/25/2004 1:48:38 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(in memory of James Edward Peck, my grandfather, who passed on 3/23/04)
To: Bluntpoint
John Kerry was on the same plane. He walked up to the man and said, "Get the f'in Cretan out of the aisle. He is in my way".
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posted on
03/25/2004 1:49:52 PM PST
by
dinasour
To: Xenalyte
Just take advantage of modern technology. Read the news by phone, while the studio camera shows a picture of you and they insert a Clutch Cargo/Conan moving mouth.
To: dinasour
John Kerry was on the same plane. He walked up to the man and said, "Get the f'in Cretan out of the aisle. He is in my way". And was just awarded 3 more purple hearts for his efforts...
To: Diddle E. Squat
Eeeeeew, those Clutch Cargo mouths are creepy!
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posted on
03/25/2004 2:02:19 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(in memory of James Edward Peck, my grandfather, who passed on 3/23/04)
To: dinasour
John Kerry was on the same plane. He walked up to the man and said, "Get the f'in Cretan out of the aisle. He is in my way". Then he turned to Brian Williams and said, "Hey, do you know how to do an injection? I'm due for my Botox booster."
To: Xenalyte
Perhaps you prefer Senor Wences?
To: Diddle E. Squat
And was just awarded 3 more purple hearts for his efforts...And let us hope, another free pass out of action.
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posted on
03/25/2004 2:10:22 PM PST
by
dinasour
To: Diddle E. Squat
Perhaps you prefer Senor Wences?
How could I not? :)
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posted on
03/25/2004 2:11:54 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(in memory of James Edward Peck, my grandfather, who passed on 3/23/04)
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