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Article: City firefighter, paramedic honored
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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DAILY MAIL STAFF
On the night of Sept. 27, co-workers watched as Charleston Fire
Department Capt. David Basham scaled a ladder and struggled to
dismantle a window air-conditioning unit to help get an elderly man
out of his burning Kanawha City home.
Basham further impressed his crew by taking off his oxygen mask -
smoke eventually would pour out the window and into his face - and
giving it to the victim so he could breathe.
It was that act of on-the-job bravery that earned Basham this
year's title of Charleston's firefighter of the year.
Basham was honored Wednesday during a ceremony at Fire Station 2
on the West Side, along with paramedic David Hodges, who was named
emergency medical ...