1 00:00:00,242 --> 00:00:01,641 - [Narrator] On the island of St. Thomas, 2 00:00:01,641 --> 00:00:03,678 weeks after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, 3 00:00:03,678 --> 00:00:04,872 some roads were remain unsafe, 4 00:00:04,872 --> 00:00:06,749 just like a number of structures. 5 00:00:06,749 --> 00:00:09,749 - Over here it's hills falling down. 6 00:00:10,077 --> 00:00:10,910 - [Narrator] And here's where members of the 7 00:00:10,910 --> 00:00:13,653 New Jersey Air National Guard Security Forces Squadron 8 00:00:13,653 --> 00:00:14,711 enter the picture. 9 00:00:14,711 --> 00:00:16,742 At approximately 1:00 a.m. on October 11th, 10 00:00:16,742 --> 00:00:18,428 Senior Airman Salvatore Ceraldi, 11 00:00:18,428 --> 00:00:20,178 and Emanuel Figueroa, 12 00:00:20,211 --> 00:00:23,107 were all imposed at the inter control point at this DRBS, 13 00:00:23,107 --> 00:00:25,528 adjacent to the Cyril E. King International Airport 14 00:00:25,528 --> 00:00:28,485 when a woman with a bleeding eye injury arrived for help. 15 00:00:28,485 --> 00:00:29,562 ^- Upper left eye, 16 00:00:29,562 --> 00:00:32,189 ^it was swollen shut so I wasn't able to tell 17 00:00:32,189 --> 00:00:33,856 ^how bad the eye was. 18 00:00:34,517 --> 00:00:35,979 - [Narrator] Turns out it was an eye injury 19 00:00:35,979 --> 00:00:38,630 sustained when a roof collapsed while she was leaving, 20 00:00:38,630 --> 00:00:39,845 according to officials. 21 00:00:39,845 --> 00:00:41,816 Ceraldi's an EMT medic in New Jersey, 22 00:00:41,816 --> 00:00:43,738 and knew what medical supplies could be used 23 00:00:43,738 --> 00:00:44,843 to treat the woman. 24 00:00:44,843 --> 00:00:46,705 He instructed his partner to retrieve the supplies 25 00:00:46,705 --> 00:00:49,298 from the camp's 602nd AID Station. 26 00:00:49,298 --> 00:00:50,296 ^- In a moment's notice, 27 00:00:50,296 --> 00:00:54,289 ^they switch gears from normal security to rendering aid. 28 00:00:54,289 --> 00:00:56,488 - But we were able to find some four by fours, 29 00:00:56,488 --> 00:00:58,821 gloves, some hand sanitizer. 30 00:00:59,290 --> 00:01:00,351 ^- As he was patching right up, 31 00:01:00,351 --> 00:01:01,609 ^I was just holding her hand, keeping her calm, you know, 32 00:01:01,609 --> 00:01:04,313 ^talking to her, distracting her from what was going on. 33 00:01:04,313 --> 00:01:05,899 - [Narrator] Ceraldi bandaged the patient 34 00:01:05,899 --> 00:01:07,870 before waiting for a civilian EMT unit 35 00:01:07,870 --> 00:01:10,737 to arrive to transport her to a nearby hospital. 36 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:12,214 He believes, had it not been for 37 00:01:12,214 --> 00:01:14,153 he and his partner's swift actions, 38 00:01:14,153 --> 00:01:16,435 the patient could have lost her eye and eyesight, 39 00:01:16,435 --> 00:01:18,728 but he's been trained on this kind of response 40 00:01:18,728 --> 00:01:21,213 as both an EMT and Security Forces member. 41 00:01:21,213 --> 00:01:22,575 - I don't think I'm any more important 42 00:01:22,575 --> 00:01:24,370 than any of the other guys out here. 43 00:01:24,370 --> 00:01:28,402 - Security Forces are trained in a wide variety of skills, 44 00:01:28,402 --> 00:01:30,569 from flight line security, 45 00:01:30,735 --> 00:01:32,902 to airbase ground defense, 46 00:01:32,922 --> 00:01:34,672 to convoy operations, 47 00:01:34,711 --> 00:01:37,014 and, of course, in this case, 48 00:01:37,014 --> 00:01:38,854 their self-aid buddy care. 49 00:01:38,854 --> 00:01:40,562 ^- [Narrator] Reporting on Assignment Virgin Islands, 50 00:01:40,562 --> 00:01:42,763 ^I'm Technical Sergeant Arthur Mondale Wright, 51 00:01:42,763 --> 00:01:44,263 ^DC National Guard.