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Douglas Station agent helps migrant who fell from border wall

Douglas Station agent providing aid
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TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — An agent from the Douglas Station provided aid to a migrant who fell from the border wall, according to U.S Border Patrol's Tucson Sector Chief John Modlin.

The 24-year-old Salvadoran citizen was hurt after falling so an EMT-certified agent came to the rescue.

The man was then flown to a Tucson hospital and later recovered, says Chief Modlin.