Restaurant Staff Member Does The Incredible In Order To Rescue Man Who Passed Out At Drive-Through

Aug 24, 2020 by apost team

On August 12, a Taco Bell employee in Clarksville, Tennessee, rescued a man's life, after he was found nearly unconscious in his car in the drive-thru of the chain restaurant. With years of experience as a home health care worker, the woman gave the man CPR despite fears of coronavirus and ended up saving his life.

At the Clarksville, Tennessee Taco Bell location on August 12, employees looked outside to see a car intersecting the drive-thru line in a perpendicular manner—they knew something wasn't quite right. 

Sonja Frazier, a 37-year-old manager at the establishment told Clarksville Now:

"We were seeing cars and hearing the bell go off, but nobody was coming through the drive-thru...One of my managers looked on the camera and saw a car was parked the wrong way. It looked like it'd rolled into the drive-thru line and was blocking it."

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Thankfully Sonja has six years of experience as a home health care worker. As she went outside to understand what was happening, another manager named Jonathan Jeanis had reached the vehicle first. As Sonja reached the back of the car, Jonathan yelled out to her, "He's passed out!" Sonja then yelled for another employee to call an ambulance. She explained what happened next:

“We opened the door, and he was blue. I told Jonathan to park the car, and we both pulled him out and put him on the ground. I said to put him on his left side. His hands and fingertips were blue. I found a pulse, but it was real vague. [Fellow employee] Anissa came out with the 911 dispatcher [on the phone], and they asked if anyone knew CPR.”

That's when Frazier used her previous healthcare experience and despite her fears of catching the coronavirus, performed CPR on the man. As he gasped she talked to him and even got her co-worker to find his ID so that she could say his name while engaging with him. Frazier said of the incident:

"It was kind of crazy. I'm extremely scared of COVID-19...but I would not leave him."

Afterward, Frazier decompressed from the incident, but not knowing whether he was ok stayed in her mind, so she found him on Facebook to check that he was doing better. He replied to her and thanked her, adding that he wished to repay her, but Sonja was content knowing he was safe and well, saying it was "repayment enough to know he's OK."

And although Sonja is being called a hero, she insists she only did what anyone else would have done if they were in her position, stating: 

"I feel I did what everyone would've done...I feel like anybody that knows how to do so should jump at the opportunity to help. We are all human, and we all have to love each other and help."

What do you think of Sonja's heroic actions in helping the man, despite the risk of catching coronavirus? Would you have acted in the same way? Tell us your thoughts in the comments then pass this story on to your friends and family.