House Painter Hero in Fire
<i> Associated Press</i>
OMAHA, Neb. —
A house painter grabbed his ladder and battled heavy smoke to rescue three people from a burning apartment building’s third floor and help firefighters save a fourth.
The rescuer, Ronald Ford, 37, was treated at a hospital for smoke inhalation and released. Ford was visiting his brother in an apartment building next door when the fire broke out Friday.
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