Overview

• Van Orden, a retired Navy SEAL from Wisconsin’s 3rd District, saw a minivan crash on I-35 near Osceola and ran to assist on Saturday.
• He described catastrophic injuries to the boy’s leg and wrist and used socks and a knife-cut seatbelt to fashion tourniquets.
• Roughly ten motorists joined in, with one person using a windshield wiper and another using a piece of metal to tighten additional tourniquets.
• He estimated first responders arrived in 10–15 minutes and said the immediate aid likely prevented the boy’s death.
• He visited the child at a Des Moines hospital on Monday, recounting the events in interviews published Tuesday.