Nell Mohney
Inspiration
Have you ever felt God put you at a particular place for a particular reason? Eve Wachhaus of Harrisburg, Pa., must surely feel that when she remembers that as a 17-year-old high school senior she was given the marvelous opportunity of saving the life of Fred Lupton, a well-known Chattanoogan. The incident occurred on April 15, 1988, at National Airport in Washington, D.C.
Lupton had been on a business trip in nearby Virginia and had stayed over one night for a visit with his friend and fellow Chattanoogan, Tom Frazier, and to see the Tidal Basin decked out in its Japanese cherry blossom glory. Unfortunately, the tourist traffic was so horrific he decided to go to the airport, hoping for an earlier flight home. Though he had three separate heart bypass surgeries, he was feeling good that day. His last memory of the day is of looking from the shuttle bus window into the airport terminal. Seeing few people, he felt confident of getting that early flight.
Eve and her family from Boston had been visiting family in the D.C. area. Just a week before that spring break, Eve had completed a course in CPR. Out of the thousands of people who could have been in line waiting for a shuttle bus, it’s a safe guess she was the only one who had completed such a course a few days earlier.