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Detroit fireman honored.(The Goodness of America)(Brief Article)
In October 2003 a three-story building in Detroit caught fire, and flames, smoke, and heat trapped people inside. Some people jumped from the building in fear. Among the firefighters who arrived at the scene of the blaze was Gerald Norgren, a resident of suburban Melvindale. Norgren had wanted to be a firefighter since childhood.
Norgren and fellow firefighter Jeff Hamm set up a ladder and climbed to a second-floor porch, whereupon Norgren jumped through a smoke-filled window.
A spokesperson for the Detroit Fire Fighters Association described what happened next: "Enduring excruciating heat and total blindness, Firefighter Norgren painstakingly hand searched the room while being beaten down by the deadly conditions, and near the end of his air supply, found an adult male who was pinned under a dresser." The statement continued: "Reaching for an extra level of strength and endurance, Firefighter Norgren moved the dresser off the victim and dragged him toward the window, ...
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