WHS grad, West Point cadet, saves life, credits training

They say military training is about preparing, drilling, preparing and drilling some more.

Whitewater High School graduate Robert Fetters can testify to that. A senior cadet at West Point, Fetters was assigned temporarily to the Pentagon earlier this summer when he instinctively used his training to save a woman’s life.

Fetters and some friends were at the Metro station in Washington, D.C., having celebrated the last day of their internship with a night on the town, when he heard a scream. A woman had fallen onto the train tracks and her legs had been severed by the train.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/01-01-2014/whs-grad-west-point-cadet-saves-life-credits-training

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