McKeesport security guard honored for saving life at apartment building

MCKEESPORT, Pa. (KDKA) — A safety guard at a McKeesport condo constructing is being honored for his heroism. 

Officer Robert Smith works each day to maintain the individuals secure at Steelview Manor. So when a name rang out final month a few girl overdosing on the sixth flooring, Smith confirmed up first.

“I responded with the Narcan,” stated Smith, a safety officer with Pittsburgh Safety. “I used to be advised it was an overdose. Grateful to have the Narcan on deck, and administered it previous to the medics arriving. I suppose it was profitable.”

He acts prefer it’s no large deal, however the individuals of McKeesport disagree. Mayor Michael Cherepko, state Senator Jim Brewster and the McKeesport Housing Authority learn a proclamation Friday honoring Smith.

“And trigger the seal of this metropolis to be affixed this sixteenth day of December within the yr of our Lord 2022,” the proclamation learn. 

“The housing authority initiated the entire thing,” Cherepko stated. “And Sen. Brewster, who has been chairman of our housing authority for over 30 years, he additionally acknowledged him by means of the state Senate with a proclamation.”

Colleen Morgan lives within the constructing and would not miss this for the world.

“Lots of people do not get acknowledged for doing the great work that is being finished, and he works exhausting,” Morgan stated. “He patrols, he retains us secure.”

Regardless of the eye, Smith retains downplaying what he did.

“An excessive amount of hoopla,” he stated. “It was simply in a day’s work. I am very humbled and honored to be acknowledged for what I did. It is a feel-good factor realizing I made that distinction.”

Smith stated somebody gifted him the Narcan and hopes this reveals the significance of different guards carrying it too.