Sheamus Bonner is running for the State House in Delaware County's 163rd district. Bonner is a 19 year veteran, including a tour of duty in Bosnia and Hezegovenia. A 2002 issue of the Talon newsletter records a routine mission that became decidedly non-routine. Five US soldiers, including Bonner, were showing a group of Scottish soldiers around the area when a small group of people flagged them down and pointed to a car that was submerged in water. Bonner and the others rescued a family from a car that had gone off a bridge. As Sgt. Thomas Farley, Jr., writes in the Dec. 19th issue:
“I cut the woman out of her seat restraints and Chris (Heyman), Leo (Robert) and I dragged her to dry ground,” said Bonner. “One of the Scots – Cpl. Williams, I think – felt her neck and was able to detect a weak pulse. She must have been underwater for five minutes or more, but she was still alive!”
You can read the entire article "
Scottish, US Soldiers Save Life," online, see page 7 of the 8 page pdf. It's an exciting story.
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