By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The City of Hutchinson issued a proclamation to a nurse, Lacey Hardin, who rendered aid following an accident last month in Hutchinson.
"July 20th, I was riding my bicycle on Hendricks," said John Fairbanks. "I ride with a group of guys and we've probably ridden together for 20 years and I got hit from behind by a motorcycle. It happened to be in her driveway, basically at the end of her driveway. She's a nurse. She came out to the road. She started to render aid. She had a bag and she got my cycling buddies engaged in trying to fix my wounds and waited for the ambulance and all that kind of stuff. I feel like she should be recognized, which is why I got in touch with Mayor Garza. She went above and beyond and I will forever be indebted to her."
Hardin, for her part, was glad to help.
"I just did what I had to do," Hardin said. "It's just in my nature as a registered nurse. Even if I wasn't a nurse, I feel like I would have been out there to help John. I work in long term care. I work in hospice care, so the emergency part of it is not really anything that I've ever done in my nursing career. I've been in nursing since 2003. It was a little adrenaline rush, but I knew what I had to do and I just wanted to make sure that he was okay."
Mayor Garza proclaimed July 20th as Lacey Hardin Day at Tuesday's City Council meeting. Fairbanks serves on the South Hutchinson City Council.