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Red Cross honors 2 Evans Co. residents
The strangers administered CPR to a heart attack victim
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American Red Cross Certificate of Merit recipient Victor Anderson, center, is congratulated by EMS Director Mark Bird while Anderson's wife, Joyce Anderson, holds the explanatory citation that accompanies the award. - photo by Special to the Herald
CLAXTON — For rapid action in administering CPR to a heart attack victim in December, two Evans County residents this week received national Red Cross awards signed by President Barack Obama. On Dec. 4, Victor Anderson and Elizabeth Porter were shopping in different aisles of the Fred’s discount store in Claxton. Tommie F. Clark, 72, a retired Georgia State Patrol trooper, was also in the store when he collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest.
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