Every week, WTMJ’s Wis. Morning News celebrates an “Everyday Hero.” The show defines an everyday hero as “an average Jon/Jane Doe who, when they woke up one morning, had no idea they’d be saving a life.”
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In Creve Couer, Illinois, high school freshman Stephanie Paluska was riding her bicycle when she lost control, crashing the bike on the street. Pulaska was severely injured, suffering from a ruptured femoral artery in her leg. Thankfully, Bradly Kupris was nearby. The carpenter had wrapped up a job at a home nearby when he heard commotion outside.
According to the Peoria Journal Star, Kupris quickly packed compressed gauze on the wound and reapplied pressure, essentially doing a push up on the wound and holding it for about 15 minutes. Her life, in those minutes, was literally in his hands.
Thank you Bradley Kupris for being an Everyday Hero!
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