Life Saving Incident
December 17, 2018
On December 17, 2018, an airplane was en-route from Florida to Chicago. Everything was going as usual until the flight attendants announced to the passengers that someone was having medical problems, asking if anyone on board had any medical training. Two people responded to the call: a nurse and off-duty police officer Andrew Mammen. Officer Mammen discovered the female victim had been a series of seizures over the course of the 45 minutes they’d been flying. Officer Mammen and the nurse quickly cleared out some space in the aisle and laid the woman down, asking the flight crew to bring oxygen masks. The woman was not breathing. When it was clear the oxygen masks were not working as intended, Officer Mammen, who used to be an EMT, quickly ditched them and began CPR. Meanwhile, the airline pilot made an emergency landing in South Carolina so paramedics could take the woman to the hospital. As a result of his intervention, Andrew Mammen saved a woman’s life.
The history of law enforcement in the United States is a long and wonderful history of bravery. This website is dedicated to documenting the heroic deeds of law enforcement officers throughout the United States who have either given or risked their lives to save others. There are many stories of bravery and heroism for many who are considered first responders. However, it is those in law enforcement who are most likely to be the first to arrive upon a location requiring life saving acts engaging dangerous hostage takers, running into burning buildings/vehicles, providing first aid to seriously injured victims, saving near drowning victims and much more are what the women and men of law enforcement do routinely and at many times, great peril to their own safety.
It is our mission to document the history of lives saved by those dedicated women and men in law enforcement. To share with others the dramatic deeds of those individuals who are the first, first responders. It is so important for our citizens to understand that law "enforcement" is not always about enforcing the law but rather being there when our citizens need us.
It is to this end we are dedicated to promoting documentation regarding the history of law enforcement and the lives they have saved.
