San Jose Mercury News - Eagle Scout saves own life during Virginia Tech shootings

re: "...Sterne, in trying to escape the shooter, ran. His wounds were all to the lower part of his body, including the potentially fatal bullet to the femoral artery in Sterne's thigh, Bennett said. Damage to that major artery leads to substantial and quick loss of blood. But Sterne, an Eagle Scout, pulled an electrical cord out of the wall, Bennett said, and managed to wrap it around his leg in a makeshift tourniquet before he passed out..."...