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Rep. Derrick Van Orden, a retired Navy SEAL, witnessed a car crash and provided immediate medical aid to an 11-year-old boy.

Van Orden used his combat medic training to apply tourniquets and control bleeding until other motorists and emergency responders arrived.

The boy and his mother were airlifted to hospitals, with the mother suspected of driving under the influence.

Van Orden visited the boy in the hospital and called the day of the crash his "alive day."

MADISON - Derrick Van Orden retired from the U.S. Navy more than a decade ago, but his training as a combat medic was front of mind Saturday when the U.S. Congressman witnessed a high-speed crash unfold in his rearview mirror.

Van Orden, a Republican who represents the 3rd Congressional District in western W

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