A hero with the New York Police Department spoke with the media about his ‘MacGyver’ move to save a stabbing victim using a potato chip bag and duct tape (video below).
Officer Ronald Kennedy, a former EMT, and his partner were flagged down outside on the street in Harlem, where they found a man who had been stabbed in the chest.
“We requested a bag of potato chips and some tape, ’cause we knew right away that we needed to seal the chest. There was a puncture wound there … we didn’t want the air going in it, collapsing his lung.”
In the video, Kennedy yells, “Go get me a bag of potato chips right now!”
Kennedy dumps the chips and smoothes the bag out before putting it over the wound to tape it in place.
Kennedy told the victim:
“We got you; we got you, don’t touch! Stay with me, stay with me! Keep breathing, bro!”
COMPLETE VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GHXWj_o3GQ
The stabbing victim owes Officer Kennedy his life. He was transported to the hospital, where he is expected to recover fully
