General Milley's Wife Saves Veteran Who Collapsed At Veterans Day Ceremony

The wife of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Mark Milley saved the life of a veteran who collapsed during a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday (November 11). Hollyanne Milley told NBC News that she was making her way towards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier when she heard a commotion behind her.

She rushed over and found a man had collapsed on the ground and was unresponsive.

"When I first got there, he was breathing in a very erratic way that he wasn't really taking air into his lungs as he should have been," she said. "And then he stopped breathing."

Milley, who is a nurse, checked his pulse and began performing CPR.

"I did about two cycles of CPR, and then he just took a big, deep breath and kind of groaned a little bit and then started moving around."

The man's pulse returned, and after a few minutes, he was able to answer her questions. He was taken to a local hospital and has since been released. Milley said that she spoke with the man on Friday morning and said that he was in good spirits.

"He's grateful that he will be here next year to again honor those who served," Milley said. "And he said because of a bystander who knew CPR, that's why he'll be able to continue on honoring our veterans for hopefully many years to come."

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