A firefighter from Dallas received national recognition on Monday during National First Responders Day.
Captain Charles Abney has been a Dallas firefighter for 16 years. For 15 years, he’s saved lives in high-risk swift water rescue situations.Abney is also the lead instructor and a group supervisor for Texas A&M Task Force 1’s water rescue team.He was awarded the National Firefighter Hero Award from the First Responders Children’s Foundation for his work with water rescues."I’m very humbled to accept this award.
"As the official water group supervisor, he oversaw critical rescue operations saving people from flooded vehicles and homes, including a family whose house had been severely damaged with its roof torn off and flood waters rising," said Jillian Crane, the president and CEO of First Responders Children’s Foundation.The veteran firefighter was unassuming about his work and instead praised others.
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