Article: LONGWOOD STUDENT FOUGHT FIRE AT HIS SCHOOL.(LOCAL)

Byline: PHILIP WALZER THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

CHESAPEAKE -- Ambitious college students might crown their final year in school with a stunning thesis or a row of A's on their transcript.

Randall Johnson's signature achievement was helping douse the fire that threatened to destroy Longwood College two weeks ago.

Johnson, 21, a volunteer firefighter who will graduate Saturday with a degree in business administration, was among 170 people who spent three days conquering the fire - but not before it destroyed four buildings and cut short the school year.

In one building, ceiling tiles rained on his head. The alarm on his air pack sounded, ...

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