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Stroschein located, reunited with family ment (RPD) Cmdr. Tim Gately. At an RPD press conferUniversity of ence last week, Washington poJamaal’s father, lice found Jamaal Jerome StrosStroschein’s bag, chein, displayed a which contained rubberband man. his rubberband “Anywhere you men and crafts. find these, you’ll After sightfind him. He took ings on the a few thousand of Jamaal Stroschein Seattle campus those with him,” last Saturday and Jerome said. Sunday, police At about 10 were getting closer to locat- p.m. on Sunday near the ing the missing 32-year-old campus, UW police located Redmond man. Jamaal, who had been missThe bag was key. ing since around noon on “That led them to believe June 3 near his family’s that he was close by,” said residence in the 18200 Redmond Police Depart[ more FOUND page 2 ] ANDY NYSTROM
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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015
Emotional outpouring at special gathering
An arm-raising, balloon-floating RHS graduation Bella, second from right, hugs Isabella, who went into cardiac arrest in April in the Redmond/Sammamish area. Bella, Hana, left, and Jessie, right, helped save their friend’s life and were honored with hero medals before Tuesday’s Redmond City Council meeting. ANDY NYSTROM, Redmond Reporter
Girls receive hero medals from the City of Redmond for helping friend who went into cardiac arrest ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@redmond-reporter.com
Redmond High School graduates exit the KeyArena floor following their commencement on June 12. See pages 10-13 for graduation coverage. ANDY NYSTROM, Redmond Reporter
Isabella glanced at her three friends — Hana, Bella and Jessie — smiled and softly told them: “Thanks for saving my life.” The longtime pals then engaged in an emotional embrace, which had people nearby on the verge of tears. On Tuesday night, the girls (whose last names are withheld for privacy reasons) gathered at Redmond City Hall for their harrowing
and yet uplifting story to be told in front of their families and friends. Also present were City of Redmond firefighters and medics and the 9-11 dispatcher who all had a hand in keeping 12-year-old Isabella alive after she went into cardiac arrest at about 5 p.m. on April 19. Hana, 11, Bella, 12, and Jessie, 15, received hero medals on Tuesday for their roles in alerting Isabella’s family and the 9-1-1 dispatcher and two of them performing CPR — along with two adults — on Isabella on a trail near a lake in the Redmond/Sammamish area. “It feels good,” said Isabella of her friends coming to her rescue. “I’ve known them for most of my life. I’m real happy.”
CHAIN OF SURVIVAL
Isabella, a Sammamish resident, had pre-existing heart issues and her parents always told her friends that if she fainted to call 9-1-1. As the four girls strolled along the trail on April 19 toward Isabella’s home
for a belated Easter party, Isabella became tired and leaned against a tree to catch her breath while her friends ran ahead of her. The girls soon stopped and wondered why Isabella wasn’t with them, and they ran back down the trail and found Isabella unconscious and not breathing. In a whirlwind of activity, Hana ran to the party to alert family and friends, Bella used Jessie’s phone to call 9-1-1 and the dispatcher, Chris Perez, determined that they needed to start performing CPR. Bella began the compressions and then Jessie — who received CPR certification in her middle school health class — took over before the adults arrived to continue helping Isabella. Led by Capt. Drew DeFazio, a pair of Redmond fire units were soon on the scene in less than six minutes and crew members took over CPR and delivered a single shock from an automatic defibrillator. Paramedics arrived on the scene [ more ISABELLA page 9 ]