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Know Anyone Who Flew Into Midway Tuesday And Helped Save a Woman's Life?

By Kyla Gardner | June 5, 2015 3:34pm
 A Southwest Airlines place at Midway International Airport during sunrise
A Southwest Airlines place at Midway International Airport during sunrise
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CHICAGO —  Do you know who helped a woman having a medical emergency on this flight?

The Herald-News reports that on a Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix into Midway International Airport Tuesday, Joliet resident Karol Summerfield swallowed water into her lungs and had a panic attack.

Two nurses sprang into action to help calm Summerfield down.

“The ladies had gotten me out of danger and I don’t even know their names,” Summerfield told the Herald-News. “All I know is they live in Joliet.”

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