Adam Kinzinger accused of exaggerating 2006 story of saving woman's life in Milwaukee: report

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a well-known anti-Trump Republican who endorsed Kamala Harris for the 2024 election, has been accused of exaggerating a story where he helped save a woman’s life.

According to a report from the Daily Mail, Kinzinger - who has been praised for saving a young woman’s life in 2006 in Milwaukee when he wrestled a man to the ground who had a knife - has been accused by the woman he was on a date with that day of exaggerating his role. Kinzinger has fallen out of favor with many Republicans because of his vote to impeach Donald Trump as well as serving on the January 6 subcommittee.

Megan Boschi, 41, was reportedly out with Kinzinger that evening on a date and told the outlet that it was not just Kinzinger who saved the young woman, but that she as well as others nearby “played pivotal roles” in stopping the murderous boyfriend. 

According to the Mail, a 2006 police report shows that Thundercloud, who was schizophrenic and skipped a dose of medicine was out with his girlfriend Jerriann Lobermeir. Thundercloud got into an argument with Lobermeir and subsequently punched her and then cut her neck open with a pocketknife. She was on the sidewalk, begging for help from vehicles passing by when Kinzinger and Boschi stopped. Kinzinger fought the boyfriend to the ground and two other men stopped, helping to restrain him until police arrived.

Boschi took the knife away, threw it over a fence, and said that she was the one to flag down a car and get Lobermeir taken to the hospital where her neck required dozens of stitches. However, in a new documentary Kinzinger has put together about his career, Boschi said the politician did not mention her name at all.

In the documentary, Kinzinger recalled that he was able to overpower Thundercloud and pin him until law enforcement arrived. “That moment on that street in Milwaukee utterly changed my life,” he added in the film.

Boschi told the outlet, “But I was there, the man who jumped off his motorcycle was there, and the girl who let a complete stranger bleeding from her neck get into her car was there as well. We all played pivotal roles in what happened that night.”

Boschi recalled to the outlet, “When Jerriann approached us, we knew immediately that she needed to get to a hospital but could see Thundercloud following her.”

"So while Adam approached him, she and I were trying to flag down a car to get her into a vehicle and get her medical attention as soon as possible,” Boschi added and said she was able to get Lobermeir to safety. “I came back and saw Adam on top of Thundercloud and another man on top of Adam, who had stopped his motorcycle to help.”

“I ran up to them and grabbed the knife out of Thundercloud's hand and threw it as far away as I could. They kept him pinned down until the police showed up,” Boschi added.

Boschi said that Kinzinger took the lead to confront the knife-wielding boyfriend, but that other heroes that were there have been forgotten. “I think given Adam's role in the military, most people concentrated on his story,” Boschi told the outlet. Kinzinger was a 28-year-old pilot in the Air Force at the time.

"I don't know that Adam oversold his role that night, because he did take the initiative and risk approaching Thundercloud,” she added, “But there were definitely a few others that were involved to help save her.”

Lobermeir has since had her name changed to Aminah Hamdan, told the outlet that she is grateful for Kinzinger's actions as well as Boschi's and others, but also added that she is not sure who took down Thundercloud during the incident. She is now 40 years old and has four children.