Eric Swenson:
CLASS OF 2001
University of San Diego High SchoolClass of 2001
San diego, CA
St. Mary's Star of the Sea SchoolClass of 1997
Oceanside, CA
Pepper Tree Elementary SchoolClass of 1995
Upland, CA
Eric's Story
Life
About my sophomore year of High School I had a life changing experience. I was studying late one night at home when I heard a woman somewhere in the neighborhood screaming, ÂHelp me! I had no idea who the woman was or what exactly was going on; still, I instinctively called the police.
The police arrived on the scene to discover that my neighborÂs boyfriend was attempting to stab her to death. While she was badly injured the police managed to arrive in time to save her. A year later I was given the opportunity to testify at the boyfriends trial, where my testimony contributed to his lifetime conviction. It was not until during the trial that I learned that the boyfriend had been suspected of killing another woman; and if he had successfully killed my neighbor, he may ...Expand for more
have killed again.
At the time I didnÂt think I had saved the womanÂs life; until I discovered that several of my other neighbors had heard the woman screaming and chose to do nothing.
I have no aspirations of believing that IÂm a hero; but just knowing that I was involved in saving someoneÂs life is a great feeling. And then at some point I began to wonder, if I could save one life why not two? Ten? One Hundred? What if I could save someoneÂs life every day? It was then that I knew I wanted to be a doctor. Being given the opportunity to help people, perhaps even save them is one that I would like to be given every day. So I started my medical career volunteering at a local AlzheimerÂs center and IÂm now training to be a paramedic. With any luck I'll be a doctor some day.
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