PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Multnomah County sheriff’s office gave awards to two jail inmates who went to the aid of the deputy guarding them after he suffered a heart attack.
The lifesaving awards went to Michael Wayne Smith and James Robert Parker. They were on a work crew taking garbage to the dump in April when Deputy Preston Dutson stopped near the Portland airport to help a stranded motorist.
When Dutson was stricken Parker administered CPR and Smith took directions from a 911 operator until paramedics arrived.
Dutson recovered and thanked the men at Wednesday’s ceremony.
The Oregonian reports Parker has completed his jail sentence for contempt of court and Smith is scheduled to be released June 22 from a domestic violence assault sentence.
