Photo of the Day: Walmart employee receives Canadian Red Cross Rescuer Award

Yesterday, Russ Tombs, a Walmart employee in Leamington, ON, was surprised with a Canadian Red Cross Rescuer Award for saving a woman's life while at work. Last month, while collecting shopping carts in the store's parking lot, Tombs noticed a woman in distress and quickly went over to assist her. Realizing she was choking, he used his first aid training to perform abdominal thrusts on her and successfully dislodged a piece of food stuck in her throat.

Read more about this incredible story in the Windsor Star.

Congrats on your award, Russ!

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