Lifeguards
from the Moshulu Day Camp helped an unconscious biker on the side of the road
during a day
trip.
Mosholu
Day Camp supervisor Amy Infante says the group was traveling in Harriman
State Park when she noticed
a bike and a bag on the side of the road.
Someone
then told her that it wasn't a bag - it was a person - and that they needed to
stop the vehicle.
The
lifeguards at the day camp sprang into action to help the
unconscious biker.
While
the lifeguards worked to help the woman,
Infante tried to call for help from her phone, with little luck due to
the service in the mountains.
The
lifeguards were able to bring her back to consciousness within minutes
and were able to stay with the biker until ambulances - called by the Parks
Department - arrived.
The
entire situation from when they spotted him to when the biker was taken by the
ambulance was less than 45 minutes.
“It
was just instinct,” says Infante. “It was like, OK, I know this is what
I need to do.”
The
biker is in the hospital and her condition has improved.