Taj Simmons is a multimedia journalist who joined WRTV in August 2023.
INDIANAPOLIS — Firefighters in Ukraine are saving lives on the front lines of their country's defense of a Russian invasion. They got some help in that fight from the Indianapolis Fire Department."They're able to accept gear that may be decommissioned here and stuff we're not going to use anymore," said Rita Reith of the Indianapolis Fire Department."We're happy to front that effort, we're happy it all worked out.
Ukrainian Society of Indiana founder Svitlana Ramer, an immigrant from Ukraine, helped coordinate the shipment. "It will save lives in Ukraine," Ramer said. It will save lives of firefighters and of civilians who are victims." The movement to ship gear to Ukraine started when a group of Ukrainian firefighters described the need for items during the Fire Department Instructors Conference in Indianapolis this April."They're rescuing people under the rubble when buildings crumble after missile strikes and when artillery shelling takes out entire blocks," Ramer said."In Ukraine, we call them heroes without weapons.
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