When: Dec. 12, 2023 | 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT
Lee County Sheriff’s Office
1900 Frederick Rd.
Opelika, Ala. 36801
Why: Please join us as we honor our local first responders in a First Friday Hero ceremony (EVEN THOUGH THE EVENT IS NOT ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH).
Deputy Cook responded to a call about an unresponsive baby. As seen on body-cam footage, he cleared the little girl’s airway and began stimulating the baby while reassuring the mother everything was going to be okay. EMS arrived and transported the toddler to Piedmont Columbus Regional’s Pediatric Emergency Department for further care. The toddler has since been released from the hospital and is back at home with her parents.
Additionally, we’d like to thank Smiths Station Fire and Rescue for working together with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office to keep the citizens of Lee County safe.
Piedmont Columbus Regional created the First Friday Hero program in mid-2016 to recognize first responders each month who have gone above and beyond the call of duty. Their line of work is often a thankless job and we want to make the community aware of our local heroes and all they do to make Columbus a better and safer place.
All interested media should call JT Fellows at 229.376.1321 for photo/video/interview opportunities or meet at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT at the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
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About Piedmont Columbus Regional
Piedmont Columbus Regional is the leading healthcare provider in the Columbus, Ga. area with a network of health and medical services through its two hospital campuses and over 35 physician practice locations. Serving 21 surrounding counties in west Georgia and east Alabama, Piedmont Columbus Regional’s Midtown Campus is a 583-bed, acute care hospital with a Level II Trauma Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, one of only six perinatal centers in Georgia and the region’s only full-service Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Emergency Department. The Midtown Campus is the only Piedmont facility with a Children’s Hospital, and it is getting an upgrade: the former Doctors Hospital facility is being transformed into the Bill and Olivia Amos Children’s Hospital; the area’s only freestanding children’s hospital is slated to open fall 2024.The Northside Campus is a 100-bed acute care hospital providing an extensive range of surgical and emergency services. Piedmont Columbus Regional is also comprised of the John B. Amos Cancer Center, four retail pharmacy locations, a community health and education Mobile Unit bus as well as Nurse, Family Medicine and Pharmacy residency programs. Piedmont Columbus Regional is Children’s Miracle Network-affiliated and proud to be the lead agency for Safe Kids Columbus. Founded in 1836, Piedmont Columbus Regional became part of Piedmont in March 2018– expanding quality health services to the Chattahoochee Valley. The mission of Piedmont Columbus Regional is to make a positive difference in every life we touch. For more information, visit piedmont.org/Columbus.
