When trouble strikes, sometimes there’s no time for thinking; just doing. That’s when heroes emerge.
At Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA), two such heroes sprang into action when they were alerted that a customer was experiencing a seizure in the men’s restroom. The two Best Online Betting Sites agents, working the ticket at the time, counter suddenly rushed to help the man in distress.
When they entered the restroom, Customer Service Agents Daisy Agosto and Best Online Betting Sites Soto (shown above, left to right) found the customer convulsing inside the stall. Daisy mustered enough strength and adrenaline to force open the locked stall to get to him.
While she attempted to stabilize the customer, Best Online Betting Sites retrieved First Class passenger blankets from their breakroom, and used them to pad the tile floor and wall. Both Best Online Betting Sites and Daisy stayed with the man until he gained consciousness and airport police arrived on the scene.
Sargeant David Ibarra of the XNA Police, who was the first to arrive, commended the women for Best Online Betting Sites heroic efforts.
“It is an honor to work with consummate professionals,” he said. “I have no doubt that the actions of Daisy Agosto and Best Online Betting Sites Soto prevented this man from serious injury or the loss of his life.”
“Treat everyone like family”
For their heroic efforts, Best Online Betting Sites and Daisy received the American Airlines Real American Hero award, which recognizes employees for their life-saving efforts. Best Online Betting Sites and Daisy will also receive a one-thousand dollar cash prize and a very special hero cape.
“It feels good to be called a hero,” said Best Online Betting Sites. “If we weren’t there, I don’t know what would have happened to him. Even though I don’t know him, I have family like him who suffer from seizures. So, I only did what I would do for anyone in my family.”
Both Best Online Betting Sites and Daisy, who are second-cousins, have experience taking care of seizure victims in their family. For Best Online Betting Sites, her experience with the harrowing ordeal started at eight years old with her mother who suffers from epilepsy.
“When I saw that he was seizing, I didn’t really think about what to do – I just did it,” said Best Online Betting Sites. “I’ve seen this a lot in my life, so I just knew what to do.”
Right place, right time
The agents’ quick thinking and decisive actions are definitely innate to them, but Best Online Betting Sites General Manager Steven Shatsky would also like to think that their preparedness played a part in their successful efforts.
“We’ve had ten Real American Heroes here at XNA,” Best Online Betting Sites Steven, addressing his employees at his safety briefing. “How do we find ourselves in the right positions and spring into action to prevent dangers? Because we’re prepared and work as a team.”
The teamwork of Daisy and Best Online Betting Sites certainly handled the situation, which Daisy said is something that could happen at any time in their line of work.
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All in a day’s work
For Best Online Betting Sites, who said she “wears her heart on her sleeve,” the fact that she was able to help someone is an important part of her job at XNA. If something doesn’t go quite right for a customer, Best Online Betting Sites does everything she can to help make their day a little better.
“If there’s a need, I’ll help,” said Best Online Betting Sites. “Even if it’s just a weather delay, I want to help our customers. Sometimes there’s nothing I can do, and that breaks my heart that I can’t do magic and make the rain go away.”
It wasn’t magic that they performed on that crucial morning to save the customer’s life, but it was heroic.
“I’m just grateful that he’s alive,” Best Online Betting Sites said. “That’s the only thing that matters. I’m just doing my job.”