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Posted: Jul 6, 2021

Oklahoma City bombing first responder has special memento for survivor he has never met

VIDEO: It has been more than 26 years since the Murrah Building bombing. And a retired Guthrie firefighter is just now sharing his story with us in hopes of finding the woman behind this nameplate. As luck would have it, he happened to find two pieces of it on separate days. And he knew one day he’d give it back to the woman if she survived.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOCO-TV ABC 5 Oklahoma City
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Posted: Jul 6, 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris makes surprise visit to California fire station to thank firefighters

VIDEO: Vice President Kamala Harris paid a brief surprise visit to a Brentwood fire station Sunday to thank firefighters for their service to the community. Accompanied by her husband Douglas Emhoff and Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, and his wife Betty, Harris visited Los Angeles Fire Department Station 19, near the vice president's Brentwood home.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
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Posted: Jul 6, 2021

Wish granted for Georgia boy battling leukemia to suit up as firefighter for a day

VIDEO: The City of Marietta Fire Department swore in their youngest recruit on Friday: a 4-year-old cancer patient from Augusta. Bubba Diedrich was diagnosed with leukemia a year ago. The fire department teamed up with the Make A Wish foundation to make his dream of being a firefighter possible. “I, Bubba, here by swear that I will have all the fun a 4-year-old can have,” the proclamation said.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta
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Posted: Jul 6, 2021

Independence Day fire in New York destroyed Fitzgerald's Hotel in 1946

An Independence Day afternoon fire at Fitzgerald’s Hotel, “one of the city’s most famous eating places,” in 1946 became the center of attention in downtown Glens Falls. “More than a thousand persons were attracted to the scene by the heavy palls of smoke which at times nearly obliterated the building and firemen working on ladders along the facade,” The Post-Star reported.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Post-Star
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Posted: Jul 6, 2021

Historic Tacoma building destroyed after large 4th of July fire

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A historic building in Tacoma is just a pile of rubble after a fire ripped through the building on the 4th of July. It happened along Tacoma Avenue South near 15th Street as fireworks were erupting in the downtown neighborhood. The 20,000 square foot building was destroyed. It took heavy equipment Monday to bring down what remained of what was once Coast House Materials – a building supplies company that served the community for more than a century.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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