Danton Got His First Responder Skills From An Unlikely Place
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Before playing with the Ores, Mike Danton was serving a prison sentence for admitting guilt in a failed murder plot. He said that in prison he had the “luxury” of receiving first responder training. Because he had witnessed so many former drug addicts go through seizures while in prison, Danton knew precisely what to do to save his teammate’s life.
Danton told the Associated Press, “[Bengtsson] was on his back and his jaw became locked while bubbles of blood began to spew between his teeth. Only one thing came to mind. His tongue, I thought.” Bengtsson was eventually taken to a hospital where he was diagnosed with a concussion.
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