“I live about two miles from the training school, it really works out with the training they provide,” said De Alba, who has taken nearly 30 courses at the Chicagoland Laborers’ Training Fund in his time with LIUNA. Every speaker at this event, from IBEW 134 Business Manager Don Finn to Gary Misicka, President of Lyons & Pinner, thanked these brothers not only for saving a life, but for seeking out training and certification in first aid.įrom left to right: Doug Binder, LIUNA Local 2 Secretary-Treasurer Francisco Perez, Local 2 President John Norling, UBC Local 272 member Kevin McLaughlin, IBEW Local 134 member Cesar De Alba, Local 2 member Rich Kuczkowski, Local 2 Business Manager Juan Hernandez, Local 2 Vice President On October 24th, the IBEW and Lyons & Pinner held a ceremony to honor the brave and life-saving actions of Cesar De Alba and John Norling. The paramedics who arrived on site to take McLaughlin to the hospital later said that without the heroic intervention of De Alba and Norling, McLaughlin would not be here today. At the time, McLaughlin was unresponsive to commands and unable to breathe on his own.īy performing chest compressions, brother De Alba was able to get circulation to McLaughlin’s brain at a time when every second is crucial for survival and recovery. Next, using the skills and training he received from the Chicagoland Laborers’ Training Fund’s First-Aid class, and with Norling’s help, De Alba laid McLaughlin on his back and began performing chest compressions. Then he instructed UBC Local 272 member John Norling to signal for a coworker outside the cramped mechanical room they were in to call 911. This prompted brother De Alba into immediate action.įirst, De Alba sought to clear McLaughlin from any more exposure to the wires. Earlier this year on August 17 th, while working on a jobsite for Lyons & Pinner Electric in Chicago, IBEW Local 134 member Kevin McLaughlin was electrocuted by exposed cables. Nobody knows this better than Cesar De Alba, a 28 year member of LIUNA Local 2 in Brookfield, Illinois. The work of a Laborer is difficult and dangerous at times it can even be life threatening.
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