‘Thankful to God That I Was Passing By’: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver Aids Ailing Woman
- Posted on January 28, 2012 at 3:15pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) came to the aid of an woman he spotted just off the road while on his way to a meeting Friday. (AP)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) came to the aid of an ailing woman while on his way to a meeting Friday, the Kansas City Star reported.
Cleaver, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, was riding in a car in Kansas City when he saw someone waving a hand from a patch of weeds on the other side of the road.
Cleaver’s spokeswoman said the congressman told the staff member behind the wheel to stop the car and they both ran across the road to investigate. It turned out to be a middle-aged woman who was foaming at the mouth and going in and out of consciousness. Cleaver pulled off his jacket to cover the woman and called 911.
“She was foaming and then all of a sudden she went quiet,” Cleaver told Kansas City NBC affiliate KSHB. “I said to the call taker at 911, I said you guys have to hurry, ’cause I don‘t know if she’s going to survive.”
Cleaver said the woman uttered just a few words before falling unconscious: “Help me, please.” They stayed with her until emergency crews arrived.
He told local ABC affiliate KMBC-TV that due to privacy laws he has not been able to find out how the woman is doing.
“I’m just thankful to God that I was passing by,” Cleaver told Kansas City NBC affiliate KSHB. “I can‘t think that I did something that anybody else wouldn’t do, I think anybody driving by would have done it.”
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freebird1957
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 5:47pmHe must feel real good. Now he can forget about his support of abortion that kills over a million babies per year. Typical Dem.
Report Post »BDan6248
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:50amDamn, you’re really fishing hard…
Report Post »flatdaddio
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:40pmhe’s wrong, no not anybody would have done it…..most people look the other way and justify their actions with excuses..
Report Post »Barack Oburgundy
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 11:34amYou are still a lying, cheating, *****. Way to grab some publicity out of it. Typical politician. The average person would have left the scene after help arrived and not made a friggin press release. Perhaps you only imagined what she said to you…because you sure imagined a Tea Party protester said something they never said…and we have the video to prove that. Go back to being nazi pelosi’s lap dog.
Report Post »blasted72
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 8:26amGood Job Mr. Cleaver. It’s nice to hear a good story sometimes. Hope the woamn is doing better…
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:44pmGlad he was there to help the women. It sounds as if she was having a seizure or possibly low sugar due to diabetes; generally you lose consciousness. Those can be really dangerous if she doesn’t get medical help quickly.
Anyone who feels the need to post something disparaging; let me tell you now – knock it off. Don’t be so hateful and uncaring.
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:13pmWhile Cleaver has done a lot of bad things in his life he knows better and this proves it. I hope this has an inspiring effect on him and helps shape his future. It is a great thing he did.
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:49pmGOD places people where he wants them and he used this gentleman for good.Praying for the lady and hope she is doing well.Thank you sir for what you did.
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:32pmI hope the woman gets to thank him. Please report on the ending to this heartwarming story.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:45pmSILENTREADER,
Report Post »So…,you were kidding?
Chalk up ONE good thing this Congressman has done in his life. BIG WHOOP!
piper60
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:49pmThis is a great example of a good samaritan.
Report Post »momsense
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:33pmDon’t like your politics much, but stellar move ! kudos !
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:08pmHe said “I dont think anyone else driving by would do it”…He is not from my neck f the woods…Does he think he is the only compssionate man around?
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:16pmCheck again — ” I think anybody driving by would have done it.”
Good on you, Rep Cleaver! You did what was right.
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:21pmyeah, I have to agree with you here. Too bad that doing an act of “right” had be talked about with conceit. schmuck
(OR maybe he was really thinking that only the govt or someone IN the govt who really believes all good things come from the government is capable of knowing what to do?)
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:26pmwhere you live people must not be able to read.
Report Post »Nick84
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:29pm“I can‘t think that I did something that anybody else wouldn’t do, I think anybody driving by would have done it.”
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 3:50pmKudos for your act of compassion!
Report Post »tbolt71
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 3:24pmisn’t cleaver the one who thought that GUAM would tip over??
Report Post »planeboy
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:01pmNo…that was Hank Johnson
Report Post »DD313
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 10:18amThe mind can play tricks. That Guam remark was so “clever” it may have become associated with “Cleaver”. Don’t agree with your politics, but kudos on the save, Congressman.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 3:23pmI can‘t stand this guy’s politics, but that was a great act of humanity! Good for you Rep Cleaver and thanks be to God you were passing by! God bless you!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 3:50pmIndeed, he may be a criminal in DC, yet even humanity shows in most people. Glad that he was there to help her out.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 3:19pmGood story.Now as a democrat I hope he can calls 911 for U.S.A.
Report Post »tbolt71
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 3:24pmto late to call 911…America is all ready on life support…time to call the tea party
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:05pmI here their talking about killing the paitent
Report Post »to save the cancer
Think about it…
tbolt71
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 3:17pmit must have been piglosi after a botched botox injection
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