'There were some children that were brought to him that were basically lifeless. He was able to do CPR...and get some vital signs going.'
March 10, 2020, 4:50 PMThe Putnam County, Tennessee, EMT converted his living room into a triage center to help his injured neighbors.
"I heard screams and I looked to my right -- none of my neighbors' houses were there. They were gone," he told ABC News on Tuesday."As lightning flashed, I could see the subdivision side -- the only thing standing was a tree."Jennings, a 32-year veteran firefighter, said he then immediately put his years of training into action and put out a call for injured neighbors to be taken to his home.
He said his children wrapped wounds and"cut clothes off of babies, dried them down, warmed them up," and then"ran to their closets and grabbed their sweatshirts and all their shoes, and put those on the victims."
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