Three children, grandfather saved

Courtesy Photo | Spc. Adam DeCap (left to right), Sgt. Scott Meyers, and Sgt. 1st Class Brian Meade saved four Iraqis with their quick actions.  

01.01.2007

Courtesy Story

2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs

By Spc. Courtney E. Marulli
2nd BCT, 2nd Inf. Div. Public Affairs

CAMP CORREGIDOR, Iraq - The fast actions of medics in the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment helped save the lives of three Iraqi children and their grandfather after mortar attacks by insurgent attacks.

The aid station medics received the family and provided medical care until the four casualties could be transported for further treatment.

Sgt. 1st Class Brian W. Meade, of Elkhorn City, Ky., the medical platoon sergeant for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, was on duty when the casualties arrived.

Meade said one of the children, a 12-year-old, sustained an open fracture to his left femur. A 6-year-old received a shrapnel wound to the neck. The third child, age 12, had a wound to the left eye.

The children's grandfather was hit with shrapnel in his back, but despite the seriousness of the injuries, Meade said none of them were life-threatening.

All the medics treated each patient like they would any injured Soldier, Meade said.

• Date Taken: 01.01.2007
• Date Posted: 01.01.2007 14:16
• Story ID: 8717