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2104, 2017

DeKalb Firefighter Catches Baby Dropped From Burning Building

(ABC News) - Amateur footage recorded by an onlooker shows the heart-stopping moment a firefighter caught a baby thrown out from a second-floor window. The father of the baby was desperate to save his child as flames quickly filled up their second-floor apartment in Dekalb County, Georgia. But luckily for [...]

1804, 2017

‘God woke me up’ says girl who saved family from fire

(AJC) - An 8-year-old Clayton County girl with spina bifida woke up her family in time to save them from a fire, her family said. Tamesha Brittenum was the first to wake up when the family’s Forest Park home started to fill with smoke three weeks ago, her mother told [...]

1704, 2017

Firefighters save two from sinking truck

(ClaytonCountyRegister) - The heroic actions of area law enforcement and local rescue personnel last week saved the lives of two Northeast Iowans. George Balekos, 86, of Monona, and Valerie Timmerman, 54, of Strawberry Point, were in a pick-up truck that tumbled down a rocky embankment behind the Clayton County Courthouse [...]

1704, 2017

Firefighters say saving flag ‘right thing to do’

(seacoastonline.com) - While a pair of historic State Street Saloon buildings was engulfed by a historic inferno Monday morning, two Portsmouth firefighters rescued an American flag and a saloon sign before the buildings imploded. The rescues were made by Fire Capt. Ken Smith and firefighter John Goodwin, both of whom needed [...]

1704, 2017

Greenwich Firefighter Saves 4-year-old that stopped breathing

(GreenwichTime) - An off-duty Greenwich firefighter has earned praise for saving the life of a stricken boy in Port Chester, N.Y., who had stopped breathing. According to the account by Port Chester police, Godiski was driving his car when he saw a commotion on Willet Avenue and North Main Street. There [...]

1704, 2017

VIDEO: Columbus Fire and EMS rescues teen at Riverwalk

(WTVM) – Columbus Fire and EMS rescued a 17-year-old female Thursday afternoon near the Bibb City water dam. According to Fire Marshal Ricky Shores, the teen was caught on the rocks with no life jacket while taking pictures at the RiverWalk. “It is illegal to be on any portion of [...]