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Soldiers honoured for saving life of stab victim
18 October 2011 | Canada By James BanksJavascript and Flash are required to run this functionality
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Five soldiers have been commended for their quick thinking after using a credit card to help save the life a man who had been stabbed in Canada earlier this year.
The soldiers from 4 Logistic Support Regiment were on a break from training when they found the man who had been attacked outside a bar in Calgary.
They placed a credit card over a stab wound to prevent his lung collapsing.
They received the Exceptional Recognition Award on behalf on Calgary’s Chief of Police.
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