McCall firefighters to receive medal of honor for response after home explosion

  • Source: CBS 2 Idaho News
  • Published: 02/24/2020 12:00 AM

It's been almost a year since a deadly home explosion in McCall. Now, two of the fire fighters first who helped that day are being awarded medals of honor for their quick work. "This is just the epitome of a community, faced with something horrific and everybody coming together as a team,” said Jon Metz, now with Nampa Fire Department. “You know, Jason and I, we're just kind of the spear.” Both these men are being awarded medals of honor coming up on August 28. And, it's all because of what happened, almost a year ago, on a quiet Sunday in McCall. "As soon as we got to a couple houses down before the explosion, we could start seeing debris in the road,” said McCall fire fighter, Jason Beck. John and Jason showed up in an ambulance. They were the first ones to get there. "We could hear intermittent screams of help, so it was a little stressful, at that moment,” Beck said.



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