Alexander City firefighters are heroes in the eyes of one family. It was a daring rescue and literally a situation where every second counted.
The call came in shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday. A home on fire on I Street, fully involved with reports of not one but three people trapped inside, a grandmother and her two grandchildren ages 1 and 4.
“I went in that direction and found the infant,” said veteran firefighter Bud Acton.
It fell to Acton to summon the courage to rescue them from a blazing furnace.
“You don’t think about being tired,” he said.
Through dense smoke and flames all around him, Acton managed to pull all three to safety, handing out the babies through the window and crawling out with the grandmother.
“And I got her under her arms and started crawling backyards down on the floor dragging her out. Fear never entered my mind,” he said.