Two Lufkin officers received Life-Saving Awards for a house-fire rescue
Officers Laura Blackwell and Seth Johnson crawled through smoke from opposite ends of a burning home on Oct. 9 and guided an elderly woman out. The city presented Life-Saving Awards on Nov. 3.
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Lufkin police officers Laura Blackwell and Seth Johnson received Life-Saving Awards on Nov. 3 for a rescue on Oct. 9, KLTV reported. They crawled through smoke from opposite ends of a burning home and guided an elderly woman outside.
The awards recognize that one rescue. The Oct. 9 date is when the fire happened, and Nov. 3 is when the city presented the honors. The reporting is about the two officers getting her out, not a broader tally of fires in the city.
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