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How to Save a Life

Tomika Johnson of Cleveland was in the right place at the right time, and her intervention helped save the life of a local police officer during a back-to-school event on August 24. 

Sergeant Ray O’Connor was playing football with some school children when he was stung by two bees, WOIO reported. Deathly allergic to bees, O’Connor collapsed. Unfortunately, he did not have his EpiPen with him. 

O’Connor’s partner, Officer Brooklyn Barnes, and another officer carried O’Connor to a police cruiser, where they began to perform first aid, but without the EpiPen, things were looking dire. 

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