Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA, March 14th, 2006
City firefighters rushed into a burning New Holland Avenue home Monday night and rescued a man who has trouble walking. Robert Rowland, 59, of 420 New Holland Ave., was sitting in a wooden chair in his dining room and still talking to emergency dispatcher Trevor Barry when firefighters from Truck 1 fought through heavy flames in the living room, Battalion Chief Tim Gregg said. Rowland uses a walker for very short distances, Gregg said. Firefighters Bob Hoover, Frank Pritz, and Dave Benson from Truck 1 and off-duty firefighter Tom Bender picked up the chair in which Rowland was sitting and carr...
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