MacDill Reservist renders first-aid, saves father of four Published Jan. 12, 2015 By Senior Airman Ned T. Johnston MacDill AFB MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- An Air Force Reservist rendered life-saving aid after witnessing a pedestrian get struck by a truck in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Jan. 2. Master Sgt. Terry Willis, 927th Maintenance Squadron, was vacationing with his family when they saw a man get struck at an intersection. Willis instinctively stepped into action. "I've been in emergency medical situations more times than I can count," said Willis, a former emergency medical technician in New York City and currently a self-aid and buddy care instructor at MacDill. "I didn't have to think twice before I was running from my car to the scene." By the time Willis had made his way to the scene, there was already a crowd of people standing around. The injured man had been walking with his family when the vehicle struck him. "The father of the family had been slammed up against the hood of the truck upon impact and was now lying on the ground bloody, not breathing and unresponsive," said Willis. "It was dark and raining, there was blood and glass everywhere. The family and all the bystanders were panicking. All the things that are impossible to train for in the classroom were happening around me, but all I could think about was saving this man's life," Willis said. Willis was able to bring the man to consciousness before the Cape Canaveral fire and emergency medical services arrived on scene. "Being prepared for a disaster was the difference between me saving a man's life and being just another bystander in the street that night," explained Willis. When asked if Willis felt like a hero for his actions that day, he said, "people who act will often tell you that they are not heroes. Instead, they will say that they were just prepared to deal with certain extraordinary situations."