Smiths Station High School athletic trainer named First Friday Hero for January 2024
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- Athletic trainer Kerri Reeves shielded a threatened student from an armed peer, de-escalated the situation, and was named January First Friday Hero.
- Reeves will be recognized at a ceremony at Smiths Station High School on January 5, 2024, for her heroic actions during the incident.
Smiths Station High School’s athletic trainer has been named the First Friday Hero of January, according to Piedmont Columbus Regional.
After a basketball practice one afternoon, an argument took place between two high school students. One student went to his car and came back inside the gym with a gun threatening to kill the other student.
Kerri Reeves, the athletic trainer, stepped in front of the armed student, shielding the other student who was being threatened, deescalated the situation and told the armed student to leave.
The armed student left the school, and was arrested a short time later by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
“Piedmont Columbus Regional created the First Friday Hero program in mid-2016 to recognize first responders each month who have gone above and beyond the call of duty,” Piedmont Columbus Regional said. Reeves will be recognized at the First Friday Hero ceremony, which will be taking place at Smiths Station High School on January 5, 2024, at 9 a.m. ET/8 a.m. CT.
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