Security officer saves nurse from rapist www.privateofficer.com

Security officer saves nurse from rapist http://www.privateofficer.com

LONGVIEW, Wash. May 30 2008

By: Rick McCann

Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers

http://www.privateofficer.com/ A security officer is being called a hero after he rushed to the aid of a nurse and saved her from being raped Sunday.
Hospital officials said a man walked into the St. John’s Medical Center on Sunday afternoon and asked for a doctor.
The man changed into a gown in an exam room. When two nurses entered the room to ask him questions, he turned violent.
Officials said the patient jumped off the bed and attacked a nurse, pinning her against the wall. The man ripped the nurse’s shirt and told her he was going to rape her, sources said
Security officer Joel Reeder who was on duty near the emergency department said he heard the nurse screaming and ran to the area.
“I came around the corner and all of a sudden I saw this patient on top of our nurse,” Reeder said.
Reeder confronted the patient, who backed off the nurse. Reeder then called for back-up and several more security officers responded and pinned down the patient. Police were called and the man taken into custody.
The nurse was shaken up, but she escaped injury.
Reeder said the nurse was grateful he was there.
“She hugged me big time,” he said.
Staff at St. John’s Medical Center reviewed and improved their security a year ago after someone walked into the emergency room with a gun. Reeder said the hospital has taken the right steps.
“It’s an everyday thing,” he said. “You don’t know what you’re going to run into.”
Longview police said the man in the attack is being held for a mental evaluation. Officers said he could be charged with attempted rape and assault.

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