Caryn Sullivan (L) and Sophia Furtado (R) are pictured during the ceremony on April 20, 2022, in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. (Credit: Provided / Fairhaven Police Department) FAIRHAVEN, Mass. - A DoorDash driver in Massachusetts has been hailed a hero and awarded a grant to help continue her education in emergency medicine after being credited with saving a woman’s life while delivering food.
DoorDash driver Sophia Furtado was making her final delivery of the night on Feb. 11 at a home in the town of Fairhaven when she found Caryn Sullivan lying at the bottom of some steps outside of her home.
Sullivan was "unconscious, non-responsive, and actively bleeding from her head," police said in a statement. "Sophia immediately opened the door of the home and yelled to anyone inside.
Robert Sullivan immediately came to the door, and was made aware that his wife was on the ground in a dire emergency," Fairhaven Police Officer Jillian Jodoin, an officer who arrived at the scene, said in the statement.Furtado dialed 911 and spoke to a dispatcher while providing medical aid to Caryn.