Fox 35’s Frier is honored for saving woman’s life
The Lake Mary Police Department honored Fox 35 anchor Bob Frier with a Life Saving Award for his actions in helping to save a Central Florida woman.
Frier had taken a walk midday Memorial Day weekend with his 20-year-old daughter and his dog, which had gotten wet and needed a bath. As he and his daughter cleaned the pooch in the backyard of his Lake Mary home, they heard a few loud bangs and a few minutes saw a woman — who was not identified as the investigation is ongoing — walking around who “didn’t look great.”
“She looked like she’d been working out, and it was a very hot day,” he said. He approached her, asking if she needed water, when she grabbed his arm and told him to call 911. It was then, Frier saw her shorts were torn and there were traces of blood. He instructed his daughter to go inside with the dog, lock the door and call 911.
Frier tried to escort the woman back to his house, but she collapsed in the driveway. He noticed a “huge bullet hole” by her sternum and stomach, found a towel in his garage and applied pressure. Later, he found out she had suffered from multiple gunshot wounds.
“She kept asking me, ‘Am I going to die?’ and I said, ‘You’re not going to die,’” he recalled. “I just put pressure on her wound to make sure that she didn’t bleed out until emergency crews got
there.”
About 10 to 15 minutes later, police and EMTs arrived and took the woman to the hospital. The suspected shooter is in custody.
Frier and the woman reunited on June 18 at Lake Mary City Hall for the ceremony in which the Good Day Orlando anchor was given his award.
“When I saw her again, it was very emotional because she remembered everything,” he said. “She had written me a very nice card, but as soon as she saw me, she broke into tears and everything came flooding back.”
Frier said he’s grateful for the Lake Mary Police Department’s award.
“I don’t know how much keeping the compress on saved her life, but definitely meeting her and calling for help, that got her the attention to the real people that saved her life, which are the emergency crews and the police,” he said. “In many instances, every one of us has to be ready to be that first responder before the actual help gets there.”