Openly Gay Intern Daniel Hernandez Jr. Credited With Saving Life Of Rep. Giffords

[FreeState]

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/01/openly-gay-intern-daniel-hernandez-jr.html

Daniel Hernandez Jr., the 20-year old student intern credited with saving the life of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, confirmed to the Dallas Voice this morning that he is openly gay.

Hernandez, who confirmed that he is gay in an interview with Instant Tea on Sunday morning, is a member of the City of Tucson Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues. “She’s been a great ally to the LGBT community,” Hernandez said of Giffords during the brief interview across a bad connection. According to the Arizona Republic, Hernandez was standing about 30 feet from Giffords during the “Congress on Your Corner” event outside a Safeway store near Tucson.

When the gunshots began, Hernandez ran toward them and began checking the pulses of people who’d been hit. When Hernandez got to Giffords, he used his hand to apply pressure to the entry wound on her forehead. He pulled her into his lap and held her upright so she wouldn’t choke on her blood. Hernandez used his hand to apply pressure to the wound until someone brought clean smocks from the meat department of the grocery store. He stayed with Giffords until paramedics arrived, then climbed into an ambulance with her. On the way to the hospital, he squeezed her hand and she squeezed back

Hernandez is a junior at the University of Arizona where he is a political science major. Drop by his Facebook page and let him know how proud of him he all are.

[PBS Poll-435]

1. K&R

[JDPriestly]

2. Hernandez is a real hero. Thank you.

[underpants]

3. Wow

a chill just went up my spine

[Rex]

4. Hero.

[mix]

5. Thank you. nt

[TBF]

6. K&R - on the right there is a button

so you can send a message without a FR if you want to.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=588124223#!/djblp

[frogmarch]

7. K&R!

[beyurslf]

8. Here is the link to his wall if you want to post thanks.

<http://www.facebook.com/djblp#!/djblp?v=wall>

[lonestarnot]

14. Whatsa wall?

[beyurslf]

15. His FB (facebook) wall.

[lonestarnot]

21. Oh dat. Love him!

:hug:

[Lint Head]

9. Hernandez is definitely a hero.

[wtmusic]

10. Awesome.

:applause:

[Happyhippychick]

11. The gay Hispanic intern who saved Giffords embodies the qualities that the RW hate the most

On the other hand, we are proud to call him one of our own!

[AsahinaKimi]

17. agree +1

K&R

[Patiod]

12. Straight or gay, M or F,. these stories are inspirational

Especially in dark times when loonies with guns can run amok - good to know there are such good folks out there.

How did he know what to do? I'm just so damned impressed that a student intern could be so cool and level-headed.

[lonestarnot]

13. K & R 100,000 times!

:kick:

[TeaBagsAreForCups]

16. k/r

[EFerrari]

18. Yesterday, the right wing floated the idea that "border violence"

was responsible for the shooting, i.e., it was a Mexican shooter.

I hope they choke on this.

[Dappleganger]

19. A real hero!

I hope he is celebrated for a very long time. :)

[Liberal_in_LA]

20. K&R

[JI7]

22. and the right wing would consider this Latino Gay man to be a threat instead of that killer

just based on their race and sexual orientation.

[Omaha Steve]

23. IF I was in a fox hole during a war....

All I care about is the soldier next to me is able to return fire while giving me first aid. Race, creed, color, orientation, wouldn't mean squat to me.

K&R!

Back to the Packer game for me.

[Warren DeMontague]

24. Nice work.

Quick thinking and acting. :applause:

[spanone]

25. saw him interviewed on cnn.....very humble hero