Valdes continued to say, “One of our handlers, who shall remain nameless, had experience as an EMT. Without thinking she got out of the car, put her gloves on that she keeps in her purse and she immediately tended to her, took care of her, tried to get her responsive – whatever the EMT checklist is – as Teddy immediately called 911, and I was trying to look for water.”
Sears than added, “We all hopped out and did our thing. A couple people drove by her, but the EMTs came right away, and put her on a sling and on a backboard, and took her away; she wasn’t badly bleeding, but she was scraped up.”
In response to the question about what super powers the actors might like to have, Valdes’ answer and perspective on this incident seems quite refreshing. Valdes then summed up the experience by saying, “We do have powers, and have power to help. It is very easy to get caught up in the fiction of what we do, but it is important to remember to stay grounded in the heart of what it is we’re saying, which is; there is a beautiful juxtaposition between the fantasy and the reality.”
Valdes left off the receptive crowd by saying, “The common ground is you can be a hero, too.”
