{"id":3818,"date":"2011-11-03T17:36:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T00:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=3818"},"modified":"2012-02-04T10:42:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T18:42:02","slug":"lifesaving-hero-honored-by-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2011\/11\/03\/lifesaving-hero-honored-by-many\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifesaving hero honored by many"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dep. Diane Valadez receives a hug from Renae Swanson Thursday, as Anthony Jimenez (left) and Captain Bobby Denham (right) looks on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 On December 13, 2010 at approximately 4:30 p.m., Renae Swanson called 9-1-1 and informed the operator that her boyfriend, Anthony Jimenez had a heart attack and was unconscious and not breathing. The call was dispatched to both the LA County Fire Department and Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station Units. Within minutes, Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Diane C. Valadez arrived on the scene. She ran into the house, assessed the situation and immediately began administering CPR. She continued CPR for about 5 minutes until personnel from the LA County Fire Station 93 arrived. Once the fire department took over the CPR, Valadez began to comfort Swanson. She told her everything would be alright and gave her a hug.<\/p>\n

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Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford honors Valadez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Valadez\u2019 decisive actions and efficient performance not only saved Jimenez\u2019 life, but prevented potentially serious coronary or brain damage.<\/p>\n

Thursday, several public safety, city, and state officials sang praises for Valadez in a ceremony to recognize her actions on December 13, 2010 \u2013 actions that earned her the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s Lifesaving Award.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an opportunity for us to recognize an individual who was first to respond to an incident [and] without a doubt, saved somebody\u2019s life,\u201d said Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station Captain Bobby Denham.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have our sincere appreciation and gratitude for your heroic act. Thank you on behalf of the City of Palmdale,\u201d said Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford.<\/p>\n

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Assemblyman Steve Knight honors Valadez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a true honor to be up here with a hero, and that\u2019s exactly what we have,\u201d said Assemblyman Steve Knight. \u201cHeroes take the situation at hand and they do something about it, and that\u2019s exactly what Deputy Valadez did.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou were the guardian angel for that family,\u201d said Norm Hickling, Deputy for Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey probably didn\u2019t expect the guardian angel for them was going to wear a Sheriff\u2019s uniform, but nonetheless, they were thankful and very blessed to have you be there,\u201d Hickling continued.<\/p>\n

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Valadez received several gifts from Jiminez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perhaps more thankful than anyone, is Anthony Jiminez. Thursday he gifted Valadez with a cross, a plaque, flowers and a t-shirt, which reads, \u201cYou are loved more than you will ever know, by someone who died to know you.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the Lifesaving Medal, Valadez received certificates of recognition from the City of Palmdale, the California State Assembly, Sen. Sharon Runner\u2019s Office, and Supervisor Michael Antonovich\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Valadez said she was overwhelmed by all the recognition and humbly insisted that her actions were all in a day\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I arrived at that house and I saw him, I reacted like if it was my family member and I wanted to do anything that I could to help him,\u201d said Valadez. \u201cI probably did the same thing any of my partners would do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Valadez was one of 17 members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department honored with Lifesaving Awards, from Sheriff Lee Baca late last month.<\/p>\n

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Captain Bobby Denham presents Valadez with the Lifesaving Medal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Deputy Valadez was not able to attend the awards ceremony so the Palmdale\u2019s Sherrif\u2019s Station held a special ceremony Thursday to present Valadez with her Lifesaving Award.<\/p>\n

The Lifesaving Award is presented to employees or reserve members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department whose actions result in the saving or preservation of a human life that otherwise would have expired without the employee\u2019s direct involvement.<\/p>\n

Deputies from the following stations were also presented with lifesaving awards: San Dimas, Compton, Crescenta Valley, and Temple Sheriff\u2019s Stations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PALMDALE \u2013 On December 13, 2010 at approximately 4:30 p.m., Renae Swanson called 9-1-1 and informed the operator that her boyfriend, Anthony Jimenez had a heart attack and was unconscious and not breathing. The call was dispatched to both the LA County Fire Department and Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station Units. Within minutes, Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Diane […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3818"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}