The MPs had been told to shelter inside.Just feet from London’s Parliament building, a grisly scene was unfolding. An attacker had mowed into a crowd of people on Westminster Bridge. Then, knife in hand, he charged the building’s guards. The ensuing scuffle left at least one police officer gravely wounded. Shots had been fired; no one knew whether the danger had subsided.That didn’t stop British MP Tobias Ellwood.While his colleagues gathered on the chamber floor, Ellwood headed outside to see whether he could help. Just steps from the exit, he found an unconscious police officer, bleeding from multiple wounds. At that moment, Ellwood’s military training kicked in. According to witnesses, he attempted mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and applied pressure to the wounds to stem the blood flow. He didn’t stop until medical staff and an air ambulance landed in Parliament Square.In pictures passed around social media, Ellwood can be seen talking to police officers, hands and face still bloody. He then returned to the country’s Foreign Office without speaking to reporters.The police officer did not survive. According to the Telegraph, Ellwood is “well but shaken.”Politicians across the political spectrum took to social media to praise the MP.Alan Duncan, a Tory minister who works with Ellwood, was in the House of Commons chamber when the officer’s death was announced. “In the Chamber there was a real sombre mood when they announced the policeman had died,” he told the Telegraph. “And equally there is massive admiration for Tobias Ellwood.”Ellwood served as a captain in the Royal Green Jackets from 1991 to 1996. His military efforts took him to Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Kuwait, Germany, Gibraltar and Bosnia. He remains an army reservist. He worked on the London Stock Exchange before joining the government. As a Foreign Office minister, he focuses on the Middle East, Africa and counte ...
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