Jacksonville firefighters honored for high-rise rescue

  • Source: WJXT-TV CBS 4 Jacksonville
  • Published: 05/09/2018 03:15 AM

The Jacksonville City Council took time Tuesday evening to offer a framed resolution honoring some special firefighters. All 19 members of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department's Special Operations Team that was honored were involved in a high-angle rescue in February at the BB&T Bank Building. Three workers were on scaffolding that broke free. Two of them were dangling from the near top of the downtown office building. All three made it off the building alive. The City Council played video showing the rescue and recognized the entire Special Operations Team that responded Feb. 19. "I just want to say thank you," JFRD Fire Chief Kurt Wilson said. "They don't do it, you know, for whatever reason you think. It's a calling for them. It truly is."



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