US Sailors Come to Pampanga Child’s Aid

From the Manila Bulletin (Feb 8): US Sailors Come to Pampanga Child’s Aid

Two US sailors who are part of a support team for the salvage of “USS Guardian” provided aid to a severely injured child while on liberty pass near Angeles City in Pampanga.

A statement from the US 7th Fleet said LTJG Joshua Stokes and Lt. Chris Davis were at a wake boarding facility February 5 when they heard loud screams nearby.

The two sailors “rushed to the water’s edge and found the young child being carried from the water by a struggling family member,” said the statement from the 7th Fleet.

It was learned that the child was suffering “severe facial lacerations after being violently struck by a wake boarder.”

Stokes immediately took the child whom he carried ashore and to a nearby building, while Davis notified the facility’s staff and coordinated their assistance.

The sailors also administered first aid until a van arrived to transport the child to a local hospital.

Stokes is assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 while Davis in with the Reconnaissance Force 7th Fleet detachment Kadena.

They are in the country with Combined Task Unit 72.2, providing P3-C Orion support to the salvage of USS Guardian (MCM-5), which ran aground Jan. 17 at the Tubbataha reef.

The P3-C Orion is a maritime patrol aircraft and is flying from Clark Air Base in Angeles City.

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