FORT JOHNSON, La. — A Fort Johnson Army medic is being hailed as a hero after saving the life of a pastor who collapsed during a sermon at a local church.
On July 19, while visiting a Missions Conference at the Family Worship Center in Leesville, La. for the first time, Fort Johnson Army medic Pfc. Amanda Sanchez watched as Pastor Leon Bachelor, guest speaker of the conference, suddenly collapsed mid-sermon.
As the pastor’s wife and others in the congregation ran to his side, Sanchez was able to quickly make her way through the crowd to assist.
Andrew Driggers, an Intensive Care Unit nurse attending the service that day, was already by the pastor’s side checking for a radial pulse. Sanchez started checking for a carotid...
Fort Johnson celebrated its annual Louisiana Hayride event Oct. 19. Solders and family members got to enjoy face painting, cookie decorating, a pumpkin patch where they got to take home their own pumpkins, hay rides, axe throwing, laser tag and so much more.
This video was created using Adobe Premiere Pro. (U.S. Army video by Porsha Auzenne)
