A New York City police officer used an empty potato chip bag and tape in a quick-thinking decision that saved the life of a stabbing victim.
Officer Ronald Kennedy responded to a call on July 7 before encountering an unidentified man who was bleeding.
“Go get me a bag of potato chips right now,” Kennedy yelled to a bystander before dumping the snack on the pavement, according to body camera footage released by the New York City Police Department.
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“Go in there in there and get me tape,” he told a man before he affixed the makeshift bandage to the victim’s chest.
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Above & beyond!
Watch as @NYPD28Pct cops keep a stabbing victim alive using an empty potato chips bag & tape.
NY’s #Finest at work…pic.twitter.com/OGRJoa0q5i
— Commissioner Shea (@NYPDShea) July 17, 2021
Paramedics quickly arrived after Kennedy’s actions, and a physician at a local hospital credited the officer for saving the man’s life.
“This is just one example of the heroic work that your NYPD officers do every day,” NYPD Chief Rodney Harrison wrote in a tweet last week.
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No arrests have been made in connection to the stabbing and the investigation is continuing, a spokesperson for the NYPD told the Washington Examiner in an email on Monday.
