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7 emergency response technician. "I can't even tell you how many wrecks I've run into and how many people I've cut out of cars," said House, planning team leader, Plant Miller. "You never want to be the person who runs into something like that. But if I am that person, I want to be trained well enough to help. I don't do it for any kind of recognition, but it's just helping my fellow man." Team effort Hunter Frazier, Electrical Shop apprentice, and Justin Peterson, Power Delivery Regulatory Compliance analyst, were separately heading home from their jobs in April 2021 when they noticed an overturned sports utility vehicle (SUV) partially submerged in a creek beside the freeway. First on the scene, Frazier attempted to use his knife to break the car window to free the older woman trapped inside. Peterson and several other drivers soon joined him in the creek, combining forces to pull open the passenger door, which was mired in mud. Finally, Frazier and Peterson removed the woman from the car and carried her to the bank, where they waited until paramedics arrived to treat her minor injuries. It was not until the excitement from the incident had died down that Frazier and Peterson realized they are both Alabama Power employees. "It made you feel good inside to help the woman," said Peterson, adding that he had assisted with a similar water-related rescue 10 years ago. "But the No. 1 thing was that all those people stopped to help because they saw a vehicle in the water and that somebody needed them." "I was privileged to be able to help the woman in any way I could," added Frazier. "But I couldn't have gotten her out of the car without Justin and the others who were there." In another team effort, Martin Dam employees went into action to rescue a young woman who was badly injured after her car ran off a road near the plant. In August 2021, Plant Auxiliary Chris Bagwell was mowing grass at the plant when Hydro Journeyman Bill Harrell notified him that there was a car in a ditch down the road from the entrance to the facility. Bagwell headed for the scene, where he saw that a woman had been ejected from her car, which had flipped onto its side in the ditch. He immediately called for assistance from the plant's Emergency Response Team. Martin Dam Hydro Journeyman Matt Thompson, who responded to the accident, began administering first aid, bandaging the young woman's wounds and providing oxygen, with help from a volunteer firefighter who had arrived. The woman had sustained multiple injuries to her face, arms, neck and back, and was soon airlifted to a hospital for further treatment. Thompson said he was proud to have the training that allowed him to help the victim. "She was cut up pretty badly because she had gone through the windshield and landed on a fallen road sign," he said. "I have two little girls, and I know if that was my kid, I would want someone to help her." Hunter Frazier, Electrical Shop Apprentice, PD General Shops, and Justin Peterson, Power Delivery Regulatory Compliance Analyst, PD Compliance and Support Chris Bagwell Plant Auxiliary Bill Harrell Hydro Journeyman Matt Thompson Hydro Journeyman

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