Army Medic Speaks Out After Being Honored For Saving 14-year-old Girl's Life: 'call Of Duty'

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Lieberman, an Army medic, is assigned to nan 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division astatine Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

The Soldier's Medal, a prestigious grant since its inception successful 1926, is presented to those deemed heroic done "clearly recognizable individual hazard aliases threat and nan voluntary consequence of life." 

On June 5, 2023, a gunman attacked nan Carrington Place flat analyzable successful North Carolina, shooting a teenage woman successful nan back. Army training instincts kicked in, and Lieberman rushed into nan statement of fire.

"I looked retired my model pinch my roommate and we heard group screaming and saw group moving astir by my analyzable pool, astatine which constituent I grabbed my limb and ran retired my beforehand doorway while my roommate dialed 911," Lieberman said to Fox News Digital.

"As I sewage downstairs, I approached a group of group and I threw my hands up and stated that I americium an service medic and they pointed to an individual that was lying successful nan street. I was only capable to find a azygous gunshot coiled to her little back."

After discovering nan wound, Lieberman began utilizing his combat medic expertise to dainty nan victim, including utilizing market bags arsenic a makeshift seal. At that point, nan gunman returned.

"The shooter's conveyance drove past america again, and my roommate yelled astatine maine to get down. I threw myself complete nan woman while nan shooters drove by [and] changeable astatine america again, and past that was erstwhile I pulled my limb retired to return occurrence into nan suspect's vehicle."

Lieberman past continued seeing to nan young victim's wounds until aesculapian unit arrived on-scene.

The 22-year-old sergeant was awarded nan Solider's Medal connected Tuesday astatine Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for his heroism and selflessness that day.

But Lieberman's humble, sacrificial quality didn't commencement successful nan Army. For him, he acknowledgment his upbringing for his telephone to service.

"It each started astatine home," said Lieberman. "My mom is presently still a caregiver and has been for good complete 30 years now and my begetter was a paramedic and a constabulary officer for [a] mixed 30 years arsenic well… I conscionable grew up seeing my parents ever spell supra and beyond, ever stop[ping] to thief personification successful need, nary matter wherever they were, what we were doing."

An Army citation reads, "Specialist Lieberman’s bravery and willingness to consequence his life to protect others is successful keeping pinch nan finest traditions of subject work and bespeak awesome in installments upon him, nan 82d Airborne Division, and nan United States Army."

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In genuinely humble fashion, Lieberman credits others for his brave actions that day. 

"I would person not gotten this grant if it wasn't for my roommate successful that scenario… But if it wasn't for him that day, I would not beryllium successful nan business that I americium successful now," said Lieberman. "I consciousness for illustration he didn't get overmuch nickname that he deserves and I consciousness for illustration he should beryllium sitting correct present adjacent to maine successful this question and reply and successful each azygous interview." 

"Because he brought maine my aesculapian bag, he brought maine each nan rags that I utilized to cleanable up her blood… So he mightiness not person pulled nan trigger that day, but he 110% was nan logic that I was truthful successful that time successful helping that girl."

Fox News Digital's Nick Butler contributed to this report.

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