MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – A police officer in Wisconsin earned special recognition from his department for efforts to save a man’s life while on a flight to Barcelona.
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The Madison Police Department said one of its own, Officer Voigt, was taking a trip to Barcelona in the fall, and as he was getting ready to take a nap during the long overnight flight, he heard a woman a few rows up scream for help.
According to the post, an unresponsive and pulseless passenger was enduring a medical emergency, and Officer Voigt immediately jumped into action, providing chest compressions as an onboard doctor found a weak pulse.
The doctor, Officer Voigt and an onboard nurse grabbed available medical equipment along with a coat hanger for IVs, and the man regained his consciousness. He believed he might have taken too much of his prescription.
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For the next five hours, Officer Voigt and the other medical professionals monitored his condition, and then the man was escorted off the plane for further care.
Officer Voigt handed the doctor and nurse two police challenge coins, a symbol of honor in policing, to show thanks for helping save the man’s life.
