#fire apparatus staging #LODD COWETA COUNTY GA Firemedic Michael Norton funeral @FireApparatus1 #gafire @jamesweblabs @cowetageorgia pic.twitter.com/IGBrXLkFNb

— Shane Shifflett (@ffshifflett) March 7, 2017

According to the USFA, "Firefighter-Paramedic Norton worked an early morning residential structure fire on March 1st. At home, several hours later, Firefighter Norton was found by his wife in medical distress. She called 911 and responders treated Norton then transported him to the hospital where he succumbed to a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be determined."

She was blue when her neighbor found her at lunchtime, unconscious and slumped in an overstuffed leather chair. Minutes later, her studio apartment is crammed with people in uniform who have been summoned to save her. Getting there after the 911 call had been excruciating, even with light afternoon traffic: an 11-block drive with sirens wailing, followed by a cramped ride in a slim elevator that crept slowly toward the ninth floor, as if powered by AAA batteries.
- PUB DATE: 3/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times