Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), a retired Navy SEAL, helped save the life of an 11-year-old boy injured in a car accident along Interstate 35 near Osceola, Iowa, on Saturday, August 16, by using makeshift tourniquets until first responders arrived, an experience he later reflected on in a post marking the anniversary of his daughter’s passing.

Van Orden and his wife, Sara, were driving south on Interstate 35 near Osceola, Iowa, on Saturday when they witnessed a devastating crash involving a Dodge Grand Caravan that veered off the road at around 70 miles per hour.

According to Van Orden, the vehicle disintegrated upon impact, leaving an 11-year-old boy severely injured. “His calf, which is about as big as my thigh, was completely ripped apart, so I could see his tibia and his fibula,” Van

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