Name of Hero: All
Hero City: Champlain
Submitted by: Tinamarie
All I want to say is when your spouse or sibling son or daughter goes on a emergency call, they take a piece of who they left behind with them, till they get back. My ex is a firefighter and now my son is a firefighter, now my daughter wants to be a firefighter. I am a volunteer Auxilary member so I go to the station to help with drinks and food, its a pleasure doing so for over 20 years…..
Name of Hero: Tim & Steve McFadden
Hero City: Paden City
Submitted by: Lori Lasure
My dad will always be my hero but then so are my two brothers. I have always looked up to them.
They hear the fire tones go off and they are on there way no matter what it is. They risk there lives everytime they leave to go on a call but that is who they are .
I am so proud to be there lil sister. People don’t understand what all these Heros go though on a daily basis, they change people’s lives everyday and the people’s lives they save change theirs also. It takes a strong person to do what they do and I am PROUD to say my brothers are VOL .Fire Fighters. I could tell alot of stories about them I could go on all day long. In my eyes they are my true HERO’S for just risking their lives for others!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE YOU BRO’s
Name of Hero: Wanda and Tom Schofield
Hero City: Factoryville, PA
Submitted by: Tina Rensel
My parents are Tom and Wanda. They have been in the volunteer fire company for more than thirty years. Today Tom is currently the President of the Fire Company and my mother is President of the Relief Association and Ambulance Captain. They both are EMTs, teach the course for future EMTs, and hold other certifications as well. They both have always had full time jobs too. My parents have helped more people than I can count, have witnessed more sadness than a single person should endure, have come home with smokefilled eyes and black fireman jackets, and have too many stories to recognize only one. The one thing that stays the same through every accident, every fire, every ambulance call, every community activity, is their heart. They not only risk their lives to save others, but they have given and shared their heart with not just our family, but with their community. They give so much of themselves and their time, and in return they ask for nothing. You can see it in their eyes the passion they have for all of this. They laugh, they cry, they wake up, and would do it all over again. My story is a story to say Thank You along side of all the other heroes posted on this site. Thank you for sharing your life and heart with so many people.
Name of Hero: Bob Walton
Hero City: Merck, Lansdale
Submitted by: Heather Hofbauer
My husband was at work sitting at his desk talking with Bob Walton (EMT), in mid sentence my husband’s head fell back and he slumped in his chair. Bob immediately pulled him to the floor and started CPR, my husband went into sudden cardiac arrest at the age of 38.
There were two other individuals working on the floor which he directed for help. Neither had any training. Fortunately 2 other EMT’s had just arrived to work. Bob performed CPR for 10 minutes an AED was brought to the scene my husband was in V-Fib. They shocked him… Nothing, another 2 minutes of CPR was performed at this point my husband came around, how no one knows.
Twenty minutes later he was being loaded into the ambulance when he opened his eyes and started talking. He has no brain damage, he is perfectly fine and was back to work in a week. He now has a pacemaker/ Defibulator.
I can not thank Bob enough for his quick acting and saving my husband/ best friend and my boys father (age 5 and age 1).
Name of Hero: Mark and Janet McLean
Hero City: Saint John, NB
Submitted by: Lorna Hargrove
My brother, Mark, is a nurse and worked for a few years at a small rural hospital in Sussex, NB (about 45 mins from our home town). Several years later, I took my daughter for surgery there and happened to mention to the nurse that my brother had spent a few years working there. When I told her his name, she responded that he was “her everything.”
Apparently, several years before, her son had been severly injured in a motorcycle accident and my brother and his wife, Janet, also a nurse, were the first ones on the scene. They watched the bike careen off the road and called for help. She said that because of their quick response and care at the scene, her son was alive and had minimal longterm injuries.
Mark and Janet had never mentioned the incident to us. Everyday Heroes are modest, as well.
Hero City: Rocklin
Submitted by: Autumn
In 2006, I was driving to school with my mom, when the car in front of us , slammed its breaks and hit another high school student.A student who was on his bike.We were able to doge this accident luckily, but both the driver and student was not moving.
I called 9-1-1 and begged for help.All I could hear was screams from the boy on the ground.
The responders arrived on scene no longer than 5 minutes.Not only did the they help the victims, but the officers checked on my mom and I and asked if we were alright and needed help.I broke down in tears because this event was traumatizing and I remember the officer holding me back, and comforting me.
These men and women are great! and I cry every time I hear this song.
Name of Hero: Station 58 A Shift Palm Beach County Fire Rescue
Hero City: Boca Raton, Florida
Submitted by: Linda Melesky
Engine 58 received an unknown medical call to a Boca Raton home where upon arrival the Captain stopped his two subordinates, on intuition, and had them put their masks on. It was a Good Call on his part, for inside they located the bodies of two children in the home, they searched frantically for a third, who was later found not to be in the home. The Mother of one of the victims was found unconscious, as well as the family dog, they were revived. But Thanks to the Captain & his years of knowledge & intuition, there were not more fatalities due to the Vehicle that was left running from the night before in the garage of this home. The Carbon Monoxide levels in the home would have overtaken them within minutes of walking in the door.
He put his subordinates in for awards which they received. All Three of these men are just a few examples of our Everyday Heroes in my eyes.
THIS TIMES IT WAS A SILENT KILLER THAT NO ONE SMELLS, SEES, OR TASTES COMING.
This story will not bring back the ones lost, but hopefully will later serve to save more lives.
Name of Hero: John Thompson & Doyle Yell
Hero City: Elk City, Oklahoma
Submitted by: Sherry
My dad, Doyle, was an Oklahoma City fireman from 1963 until his retirement. As a child, I did not realize how stressful his job was. I was so proud of him. Unfortunately he lost his life at the age of 58. He had a rare blood disorder that was associated with chemicals they used to put out fires in the 60’s. I miss him everyday. I also appreciate my husband, John, that is a current firefighter/paramedic. He loves his job and is amazing. I think these men are overlooked and under appreciated. Thanks so much to all emergency responders! God bless you.
Name of Hero: Andre R Laurin
Hero City: Sudbury
Submitted by: Diane Laurin
I’m a very proud 60 yr old mother, my son who I love very much is a firefighter for the Greater City of Sudbury, he tell me that he loves his job but as a mother I worry about him everytime I hear the sirrens go, it does not matter if it’s a police sirren or a fireman sirren because I still worry because his wife is a police officer and she is also very close to my heart. As far as I’m concerned she is also a hero in my heart, her name is Stephanie Laurin…..Love always from all mothers of firefighters and police officers…Thank you so much, for putting your life on the line for us….LOL…Diane L Laurin
Name of Hero: Craig Birkholz
Hero City: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Submitted by: Rick Poggenburg
http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=greenbaypressgazette&sParam=36111913.story
Hundreds pay respects to fallen Wis. officer
Posted 3/26/2011 11:10 PM ET
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — With many saluting in silence, hundreds of mourners watched Saturday as the casket of a Wisconsin police officer was carried into a church and remembered the war veteran as a hero who always put others first.
Fond du Lac Police Officer Craig Birkholz was killed in a shootout March 20 with a suspect who eventually committed suicide. His partner, Officer Ryan Williams, was shot twice in the chest but survived.
Birkholz’s death devastated his hometown of Kenosha, where residents said he was a quiet person who led by example.
“I’m here for what he did for all of us,” Nate Lawler, who was the high school wrestling team with Birkholz, said while braving a bitterly cold wind to pay his final respects as a funeral procession crept by. “He put his life on the line to keep us safe. He’s a hero.”
“There was no greater man than him,” added Randy Webb, who had known Birkholz since he was 5 years old. “He was always the one who put everyone else in front of his own needs. He was a protector.”
Hundreds lined the funeral route as a procession of emergency vehicles slowly drove by with their lights flashing. Pallbearers withdrew the casket from the hearse and carried it into a church as mourners, standing 20 rows deep on each side, saluted.
The family requested that media not attend the funeral.
Birkholz, 28, had served tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq after joining the military following his graduation from Tremper High School in 2000. When later earned a degree in criminal justice from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
He was using his position as a police officer as a springboard to a higher-profile job such as a U.S. Marshal or an FBI agent.
“I think he had a lot of what he wanted to do figured out at 17,” family friend Jim Katich recalled. “He always knew what he wanted to do.”
Authorities said Birkholz died after being shot in the upper chest by 30-year-old James Cruckson. Williams, the officer who was wounded, was released from the hospital Friday, and doctors said the 33-year-old made a “phenomenal” recovery. A police dog also was critically injured in the shooting.
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