Life Saving Incident
March 26, 2013
Indiana
Marion County
Indianapolis
Early afternoon, March 26, 2013, Indiana State Police Sergeant Pornteb Nathalang, of the Enforcement Division, came upon a property damage crash on I-65 near the 111.8 mm. While assessing the crash of the 2009 Chevrolet work van, Sergeant Nathalang realized the driver, Benjamin Lindley, 48, of Indianapolis, was in full cardiac arrest. Sergeant Nathalang removed Lindley from his vehicle and performed CPR until relieved by the Indianapolis Fire Department emergency medical personnel. Lindley was transported to Methodist Hospital and survived. Crash investigators learned that Lindley was speaking with his fiancée on the phone and complained that he felt ill. While the vehicle was still in motion Lindley lost consciousness and drove into the side of a semi-tractor trailer and the vehicles came to rest. The driver of the semi-tractor trailer was not injured. Mr. Lindley’s survival was attributed to the CPR and medical procedures administered by Sergeant Nathalang and emergency medical personnel of the Indianapolis Fire Department.
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.
