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2806, 2017

Columbus Fire & Rescue save fisherman stuck on rocks of Chattahoochee

(WTVM) - Columbus Fire and Rescue has saved a fisherman who was stuck on the rocks in the middle of the Chattahoochee River. The rescue happened just before sunset Tuesday evening on a rock island near the 13th Street bridge. While this was ongoing, Columbus firefighters were also keeping an eye [...]

2706, 2017

Firefighters help veteran surprise his wife and son

(KGTV) - It was a surprise more than a year in the making. Tim Gomez surprised his girlfriend, Erika Salazar and her nine-year-old son, Sebastian on Monday.  Gomez is a retired soldier, serving in the Army for more than 30 years. This time, Gomez was in Afghanistan working as a Civilian [...]

2606, 2017

Retired Firefighter Saves Man Having Heart Attack at Ace Hardware

(NECN) - Despite being retired for a decade, a former Boston firefighter's life-saving skills are the reasons why a Massachusetts man says he's alive. Ron Savicki, a retired firefighter of 30 years, now works part-time at Ace Hardware in Weymouth. On June 9, he was at the store when he heard [...]

2306, 2017

Forsyth Deputy Rescues 2-Year-Old From Pool

(officer.com) - An off-duty Forsyth County deputy wasn't just doing his job Sunday when he rescued a 2-year-old girl from his subdivision swimming pool. He was also saving a friend's child on Father's Day. "It's a lot more special that it was a friend's daughter," DeputyMike Nelson said Wednesday as he [...]

2206, 2017

First responders save up to 27 people from flooded parking lot in Georgia

(ABC NEWS) - First responders in Georgia rescued up to 27 people from a flooded parking lot with chest-deep waters Tuesday. Just after 1:30 p.m., firefighters in Gwinnett County, northwest of Atlanta, were dispatched to a parking lot and two businesses located at the bottom of a hill after they [...]

2006, 2017

Oakwood police officer saves wheelchair-bound man from burning home

(FOX 5) - An Oakwood police officer saved a wheelchair-bound man from a burning home early Monday morning. Just as Corporal Jason Crowder was about to get off work, a 911 call came in about a man trapped inside a home on Shawnee Drive. "It was heavy black smoke," Crowder said. [...]