Hometown Hero: Graham Reed Nominated By: Sam & Sherrie Byrd
What makes this person a Hometown Hero to you?
Graham Reed, a local Fedex driver, saved my husband's life on Tuesday, June 6.
Graham was delivering a package to our home and found my husband in our driveway after he had been lying there for over 2 hours, bleeding with an arm laceration and compound lower leg fractures! Graham cared for my husband while waiting on EMS. He’s an AMAZING young man!!!!
Sam spent months recovering from his accident and blogged about the ordeal.
Here’s a segment from the blog describing the moment Graham found him:
If anything, you might receive from reading this, I hope you understand there are angels among us. I saw mine on Tuesday, June 6/6/2023 when the FedEx driver pulled to stop behind me. I
later found out his name is Graham. Coming to my side I remember saying “Help me”. I told him I had been in an accident. He must have seen the fear in my eyes and the distress on my face when he did something I live for. Humor. He said, “Well I didn’t think you were taking a nap in the middle of the road”. Some people would say that was not funny, but I found it hilarious as
we both laughed. It was what I needed to pull me back into reality. I asked him to call 911 which he did. He then pulled his van up beside me and took his fan out of the vehicle placing it beside my head on the ground. I can’t explain what the cool air did for me. I asked him to look at my leg and he said there is a large blood puddle under my leg and said I can’t look any further. Whatever reason I found that to be funny as well when he said that. I told him thank you and that I knew he had to finish his job. As the Fire Dept rolled up, he said I am not leaving you. He called my wife and that’s when it sank in that I was an emotional wreck. The fireman
took the phone and explained what was going to happen to her calmly, and that the closest ambulance was thirty minutes out. Must have been a busy day for these guys but I was in good
hands with the FedEx drivers’ fan and the fire dept guys putting up a sunscreen. He told me they could not touch me until the EMTs arrived. I was fine with that; I was safe now
