US EditionCongressman Helps Save Life of 11-Year-Old Boy Hurt in Iowa Crash
Congressman Van Orden, a combat medic and former Navy SEAL, applied tourniquets to stop the bleeding of an 11-year-old boy after a suspected impaired driver caused a crash.
- Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden assisted in rescuing an 11-year-old boy who was hurt in a collision on August 16 near Osceola, Iowa, when a minivan struck a parked semi-truck.
- Van Orden was driving nearby with his wife when he heard the crash and immediately stopped and turned around to provide aid.
- The boy, Sawyer Whitt, suffered severe injuries including losing the entire side of his leg from knee to ankle and bleeding from his right wrist, while the minivan driver, a 41-year-old woman, was suspected of impairment.
- Van Orden, a former Navy SEAL and combat medic, used seatbelts and socks as makeshift tourniquets to control bleeding, describing the crash as "essentially a wound of war," while Sawyer expressed relief after surviving the most frightening moment.
- After the accident, Van Orden went to see Sawyer at the hospital and praised the boy for his courage, while investigators continue examining the crash and the suspected impairment of the driver, underscoring the importance of prompt medical response in serious incidents.
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