While Helping Battle Apartment Blaze, Rookie Firefighter Hears Noise and Saves Woman's Life
Some people jump from career option to career option without seeming to have a clear plan or awareness of their strengths. Others find out pretty quickly that they’re suited for a certain field. Probationary firefighter…
Some people jump from career option to career option without seeming to have a clear plan or awareness of their strengths. Others find out pretty quickly that they’re suited for a certain field.
Probationary firefighter Kojo Saunders proved that he’s doing what he was meant to do after saving the life of a woman on Sunday.
Saunders, with Engine 10 in Trinidad, is a rookie with the D.C. Fire and EMS, but he proved his mettle at an apartmentFire after entering a unit and finding the inhabitant still inside, in serious condition.
The young firefighter-in-training said he’d been helping move hose into the building when he heard someone coughing.
“Checked with them to make sure they were good, started searching, found the occupant,” Saunders said during an interview that was later tweeted.
“And then I — I dragged them out and brought them to Rescue