{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/local-spotlight-cassidy-recognizes-off-duty-st-bernard-parish-firefighter-for-saving-louisiana-womans-life/", "LOCAL SPOTLIGHT: Cassidy Recognizes Off-Duty St. Bernard Parish Firefighter for Saving Louisiana Woman\u2019s Life", "2025-10-31", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "LA", "Bill Cassidy", "C001075", "www.cassidy.senate.gov", "cassidy", "https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/?jsf=jet-engine:press-list", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), for his monthly Local Spotlight, recognized St. Bernard Parish firefighter, Andrew Nixon, for saving a woman\u2019s life seconds before her car was engulfed in flames following a collision with an 18-wheeler. Andrew was on his way home from a wedding with his fianc\u00e9 when he pulled the young woman from her vehicle and carried her to safety. The 23-year-old firefighter reflects on the experience as a full-circle moment\u2014drawing strength from the memory of his niece, Everleigh, whose tragic passing continues to inspire his commitment to protect others.\n\nRead his full October 2025 Local Spotlight below:\n\nI want to recognize Andrew Nixon, a St. Bernard Parish firefighter who saved a young woman\u2019s life.\n\nAfter witnessing a car crash off-duty\u2014on his way home from a wedding with his fianc\u00e9e\u2014Andrew pulled over to the side of the road to check on a woman whose vehicle had just been struck by an 18-wheeler.\n\nNoticing that the car\u2019s tires were on fire, Andrew broke the woman\u2019s windshield, lifted her out of the vehicle, and got her to safety seconds before her vehicle was completely overtaken by flames.\n\nA woman\u2019s life was saved because Andrew put himself in harm\u2019s way to help her.\n\nAndrew is a local hero\u2014and anyone who saw him as an uncle knows his bravery and selflessness run deep.\n\nAndrew, thank you for your bravery in the service of someone you did not even know. But because we\u2019re to do unto others as we would have them do unto us, you saved her life.\n\nEverleigh is in Heaven. She is proud of you for saving another\u2019s life, even though hers could not be.\n\nBackground\n\nIn September, Cassidy highlighted French Settlement Mayor Jeremy Aydell, whose request to the office in June 2024 to include beauticians in President Trump\u2019s Working Families Tax Cuts Bill became federal tax policy.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/local-spotlight-cassidy-recognizes-off-duty-st-bernard-parish-firefighter-for-saving-louisiana-womans-life/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1675730347633362, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}