《KIN Newsletter Spring 2014》.pdf

Spring 2014 Volume 4, Issue 2 KIN INSIDER Paul Resnick, Editor A Message from the Chair… A Hero at 30,000 feet What should have been a routine flight from San Diego to Miami-was anything but! Dr. Lorena Martin, a recent graduate from the doctoral program in Kinesiology and Sport Sciences, was taking a holiday break from her first post-doctoral position at the University of California, San Diego. She was coming to visit her parents for the Christmas holidays on Flight 1042 direct for Miami. Lorena was all but asleep in the aisle seat of row 25 in what seemed like an ordinary flight when things suddenly changed! A female passenger started screaming, “He’s “He’s dying!” dying!” “He’s dead!” Hearing her screams, other alarmed passengers figured -FEMALE PASSENGER ABOARD FLIGHT 1042 something was very wrong and suddenly half the plane was screaming in fear. Lorena saw the woman who was screaming start shaking the male passenger next to her in the aisle seat of row 24. He did not move! Without hesitation Lorena stood up and went to help the passenger who sat listless in his seat. The man was too large for Lorena to pick up alone, so she asked for help, and with the assistance of another passenger, they were able to get the passenger on the floor of the cabin. Lorena checked for a pulse and i