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 Bobby Brown heard a loud noise then screams for
help. Less than a block away, he just reacted – and in doing so, saved a
man’s life.
It was the afternoon of Wednesday, June 2. Brown, an eight-year employee
in Gas Distribution North, was in the process of finishing his work at
the intersection of Chelsea Ave and N. Second Street when the noise from
a nearby private construction site startled him.
Brown ran over to the site where there were screams for help as one of
the construction workers struggled to get out of an excavation. The
unidentified young man had severe deep cuts to both legs and was losing
blood, Brown said. The situation was desperate and Brown knew he had to
help.
Instinctively, Brown—taking deep breaths to keep his calm—took belts from
the man’s co-workers and used them as tourniquets to apply pressure to
the wounds and slow the bleeding. He called the MLGW Control Room and
they dispatched the Memphis Fire Department and paramedics.
Brown, who credited watching documentaries for his ability to know what
to do, stayed with the young man until the paramedics arrived about 10
minutes later.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division applauds Bobby Brown for his
heroism.
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