랜덜 챔피언 (위)과 제이디 톰슨 (아래)
시간과 장소. 1967년 7월 17일 ,미국 플로리다 주, 잭슨빌
전기공 랜덜 챔피온이 전봇대에 올라가서 전신주 맨 위 저압선을 손보다가, 감전되었다.
랜덜의 안전장치 때문에 추락하지 않고 전봇대와 전기줄에 걸려있었고,
120 m 정도 떨어진 다른 전봇대에서 일하던 제이디 톰슨이 비명 소리를 듣고 랜덜에게 다가와서, 인공호흡법 심폐기능소생술을 급하게 실시했다. 제이디 톰슨과 또 다른 동료가 랜덜을 땅으로 옮겨서 심폐기능소생술을 했고, 마침내 의료진 응급차가 도착해서 랜덜을 완전히 살려냈다.
사진 기자 로코 모라비토는 당시 웨스트 26가에서 자동차를 몰고 가던 중 이 장면을 목격했고,
랜덜의 비명소리를 듣고, 응급 의료진 (앰뷸런스)에 전화하고, 카메라를 거내들어 8장 사진을 찍었다.
로코 모라비토는 이 사진 "생명의 키스"로 1968년 '스팟 뉴스 포토그라피' 퓰리처 상을 수상했다.
랜덜 챔피온은 이 사건 이후 35년 더 살다가 2002년에 64세 나이로 별세했다고 한다.
흥미로운 사실들.
요즘은 인공호흡법이 불필요하다, 미국 심장 협회에서는 '인공호흡법'을 권장하지 않는다.
입을 사용하는 인공호흡법 대신, 가슴을 압박하는 법을 사용한다.
전기선은 저압(50~1000볼트)이었고, 고압선은 아니었다. 당시 랜덜 챔피언과 제이디 톰슨은 '변압기' 를 손보고 있었다.
변압기의 고압선을 손보기 위해서는, 노동자들이 '접근 허가'를 받아야 한다. 전기공급을 중단하는 엄격한 절차들을 준수하는 서류가 필요하다. 고압선 섬광은 대규모 화재를 발생시키고, 커다란 불구덩이를 만들어낸다. 이렇게 되면 옷과 머리카락은 다 타서 없어져버린다.
사람이 고압선 쇼크를 받아버렸을 때는, 그 구조 절차가 없다. 왜냐하면 전기공급을 중단하고 희생자들을 안전하게 구조하는데 시간이 걸리기 때문에, 그 때는 이미 사람들이 다 타버렸을 것이다.
만약 노동자가 전봇대로부터 튕겨져 나온다면, 바로 즉시 치료를 할 수는 있다. 이것이 가장 좋은 구조 상황이라고 볼 수 있다.
The Kiss of Life - A utility worker giving mouth-to-mouth to co-worker after he contacted a low voltage wire, 1967
The Kiss of Life, 1967.
Taken in 1967 by Rocco Morabito, this photo called “The Kiss of Life” shows a utility worker named J.D. Thompson giving mouth-to-mouth to co-worker Randall G. Champion after he went unconscious following contact with a low voltage line.
They had been performing routine maintenance when Champion brushed one of the low voltage lines at the very top of the utility pole. His safety harness prevented a fall, and Thompson, who had been ascending below him, quickly reached him and performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
He was unable to perform CPR given the circumstances, but continued breathing into Champion’s lungs until he felt a slight pulse, then unbuckled his harness and descended with him on his shoulder. Thompson and another worker administered CPR on the ground, and Champion was moderately revived by the time paramedics arrived, eventually making a full recovery.
What’s even more incredible is Champion not only survived this thanks to Thompson, but he lived an extra 35 years. He died in 2002 at 64 years old. Thompson is still alive today.
Rocco Morabito was driving on West 26th Street in July 1967 on another assignment when he saw Champion dangling from the pole. He called an ambulance and grabbed his camera. “I passed these men working and went on to my assignment”, says Morabito. “I took eight pictures at the strike. I thought I’d go back and see if I could rind another picture”.
But when Morabito gets back to the linemen, “I heard screaming. I looked up and I saw this man hanging down. Oh my God. I didn’t know what to do. I took a picture right quickly. J.D. Thompson was running toward the pole. I went to my car and called an ambulance. I got back to the pole and J.D. was breathing into Champion. I backed off, way off until I hit a house and I couldn’t go any farther. I took another picture. Then I heard Thompson shouting down: He’s breathing!”.
Rocco Morabito won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for “The Kiss of Life”.The photograph was published in newspapers around the world. Morabito, born in Port Chester, New York, moved to Florida when he was 5, and by age 10 was working as a newsboy, selling papers for the Jacksonville Journal.
He served in World War II in the Army Air Forces as a ball-turret gunner on a B-17. After the war, he returned to the Jacksonville Journal and started his photography career shooting sporting events for the paper. He worked for the Journal for 42 years, 33 of them as a photographer, until retiring in 1982. Morabito died on April 5, 2009, while in hospice care.
Interesting facts:
Today mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is unnecessary and American Heart Association (AHA) doesn’t recommend using it anymore. One of the big factors in the AHA’s decision to lessen the importance of ventilation in the newest resuscitation guidelines was to make it easier and more likely for bystanders to actually perform CPR. The studies showed that many people would not perform CPR on a stranger because of the mouth-to-mouth part. By reducing the importance, they hope that more people will perform chest compressions, which by themselves can be very effective.
The lines above are Low Voltage (50-1000 Volts) and not High Voltage (HV). The worker is working on a transformer. In order to work on the HV part of a transformer, you need an Access Permit (name may change with countries), a document following a strict set of procedures to turn the power off. A High Voltage flash causes massive burns and a huge fireball. The clothes burn away to nothing and hair is burnt off.
In the industry, there is no rescue procedure for HV shock, because by the time it takes to turn the power off to safely retrieve the victim, they are already burned. Their best chance is if they are blown off the pole from the explosion and treated right then.
“The Kiss of Life” by Rocco Morabito / Source “The Kiss of Life”
The incredible story behind the iconic photo Kassondra O'Hara Kassondra O'Hara Follow Apr 21 · 3 min read
In July 1967 in Jacksonville, FL, photographer Rocco Morabito was driving along West 26th Street, headed to an
assignment. He passed a couple of linemen with the Jacksonville Electric Authority completing routine maintenance on a utility pole.
On his way back from his assignment, it crossed his mind to stop and try to get some photos of the workers. As he pulled up where the men were working, he heard screams. Something terrible had happened. Randall G. Champion was the lineman at the top of the pole.
While completing the maintenance, he somehow brushed one of the lines at the top of the utility pole. He was
immediately knocked unconscious as the electricity rushed through his body.
Luckily, his safety harness prevented his fall, but he was still dangling close to death if someone didn’t act quickly.
That someone was Champion’s partner, J.D. Thompson, who ran from another pole about 400 feet away. Thompson was able to reach Champion within seconds, but there was no way that he could perform CPR with Champion
dangling upside down.
He also realized that he didn’t have time to loosen Champion from his harness and get him to the ground to
perform the life-saving process.
Thompson decided that the only choice at that moment was to try to get air back into the breathless lungs of
Champion. He grabbed Champion’s head, formed a seal with his lips, and blew air into the mouth of his lifeless
co-worker.
He struck his chest with his fist until he felt a faint pulse.
Thompson knew that it was time to get his partner down so that he could receive medical attention.
He unbuckled Champion’s harness, placed him across his shoulders, and made his way down the pole.
On the ground, Thompson and another co-worker performed CPR until the paramedics arrived.
Champion had a stronger pulse, was breathing, and semi-conscious by the time the medical crew made it to them.
The photographer, Morabito, that had stopped to photograph the workers called for an ambulance from his two-way radio in his car.
As he looked at the two men, high atop the pole, he realized the significance of the moment happening right in
front of him. He snapped a picture of Thompson giving Champion the “kiss of life”, which is how the photo has been known ever since.
Morabito with his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo / Source
The raw, powerful photo won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize and received worldwide recognition. Thompson, Champion, and Morabito became instant celebrities.
Thompson was called a hero more times than he cared for.
Thanks to the quick actions of J.D. Thompson, Randall G. Champion was able to live a full and normal life.
Champion lived 35 more years, passing away in 2002 at the age of 64.
Rocco Morabito died while in hospice care in April 2009.
As of the writing of this story, J.D. Thompson was still alive and well.
관련 자료 -> https://allthatsinteresting.com/kiss-of-life
The Story Behind 'Kiss Of Life,' The Photo That Captured A Lineman Saving His Coworker
The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph was taken by Jacksonville Journal photographer Rocco Morabito.
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