“SOME 30 YEARS AGO, A YOUNG BOY child was laying on a Santa Monica sidewalk in the 1100 block of 11th Street alone in a comatose state. The Santa Monica police were called and a uniformed police officer arrived almost immediately. The officer, realizing the urgency of this situation and that fast action was required to save the child’s life had me pick up the child and hold him in my arms in the front seat of the police car as we raced up Wilshire Boulevard with sirens blasting to the Santa Monica Hospital emergency room where doctors revived the child and saved his life. In my and the doctors’ opinions, the actions of the officer were big factors in saving the child’s life.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 3, 2007. Read the original PDF.