Recruiters save a life at Motley Crue concert Published Sept. 11, 2009 By Amy Bartholomew Air Force Recruiting Service Public Affairs RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- "All recruiters change lives, but some save lives too," said Col Jay Fitzgerald, the 360th Air Force Recruiting Group commander after hearing of the heroic acts by members of the 313th Recruiting Squadron working at a Motley Crue concert. The recruiters had volunteered for a fundraiser Sept. 5 at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Batavia, N.Y., when suddenly a man was carried into their booth as he was bleeding profusely from a huge 4-inch gash in his thigh. "We immediately went into action," said Tech. Sgt. Richard Wager. "It was as if everyone in our group just knew what to do. We laid him down, stripped off our shirts and applied pressure to the wound to get it to stop bleeding." Glen Hall, a six-year Air Force veteran and husband to Staff Staff Sgt. Jennifer Hall, went to task on applying pressure to the wound, while Master Sgt. Brian Driscoll instinctively went to hold the victim's head and to try to keep the man calm so he wouldn't go into shock. Sergeant Wager took off running to inform security and call for an ambulance. When the bleeding wouldn't stop, a make-shift tourniquet was made out of belts and a money apron and applied to the leg. Staff Sgt. Paul Golembiewski started twisting as tight as possible as Mr. Hall continued to apply pressure. "I thought he had just got into a fight, I did not realize his wound was that intense, our Air Force training kicked it and it felt natural to step in and help the individual," Sergeant Wager said. The 23-year-old male victim, John Bieganski, had jumped into the middle of a fight to defend a friend and was stabbed in the process. He later needed 28 stitches to close the wound. The members of the 313th RCS continued to care for Mr. Bieganski for approximately 15 minutes until emergency personnel arrived on the scene and took over. "The ER told us, five more minutes and he would have been a goner," Sergeant Wager said. "We had helped save his life." "I really believe he got lucky being carried into our military booth, since we have had the first-aid training and know how to keep cool under pressure, we immediately knew what to do and were able to keep calm and assess the situation," he added.