The Firefighter Who Ran Back In
On March 12, 2018, firefighter Chris Hanley of Ladder Company 9 in Worcester, Massachusetts, responded to a three-alarm blaze in a condemned apartment building. The...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Romans 5:5-11.
On March 12, 2018, firefighter Chris Hanley of Ladder Company 9 in Worcester, Massachusetts, responded to a three-alarm blaze in a condemned apartment building. The structure had been marked for demolition — no one was supposed to be inside. But a neighbor screamed that a homeless man had been squatting on the second floor. Without hesitation, Hanley charged back through a doorway already buckling with heat.…
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