Garett Wagner was discussing packaging prices in a conference room Tuesday when he heard and saw Casey Nutt stumble into the reception area of the Nicolock Paving Stones warehouse near Monocacy Boulevard.
Nutt, a 26-year-old Navy lab tech from Germantown, was bloody and grabbing his chest, Wagner recalled outside the warehouse Wednesday.
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“Wagner said he's proud of the way his staff and he reacted, perhaps saving Nutt's life, but he believes others probably would have reacted the same way.” Earlier in the story it said Nutt appeared to be trying to get help from passing motorists - can we assume he did not get it? Your intervention was heroic, Mr. Wagner. God bless.
Agreed.
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