Senator Deuell Aids Spectator

AUSTIN (AP) — Senator Bob Deuell, whose district covers part of Smith County, and who’s a physician in his real life, was pressed into action when a spectator passed out in the Senate public gallery during a resolution honoring Americans who fought and died in Vietnam. Turns out the patient was Jay Kimbrough, a Vietnam veteran and former top aide to Governor Rick Perry. Kimbrough stayed down for several minutes and although security rushed a defibrillator over to Kimbrough it case it was needed, he was eventually able to walk out on his own.

Kimbrough, a former Marine, who was wounded in combat and has a tough-guy reputation, needed some prodding to go to the emergency room to get checked out. “I told him, you want me to call the boss?” said Sen. Leticia Van de Putte. “He said, ‘You’re going to call Governor Perry?’ I said, ‘No, I’m going to call your wife!'”