firefighter
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At Tuesday's event, Trump meanwhile presented the highest US civilian honor to the family of volunteer firefighter Welles Crowther, who was killed while helping lead people out of the South Tower.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The 35-year-old volunteer firefighter has spent more than a month enveloped in this haze, breathing toxic millennia-old microparticles of carbon as he toils against a seemingly inextinguishable fire front.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
He and Olivia Walker, a 30-year-old firefighter, had come to Léon from Clearfield, Utah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Ryder told the president that he wants to be a firefighter someday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
“And on her wrist she has the Yarmouth firefighter badge. Most firefighters in town have one.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Power losses during past fires in Ventura County have left water pumps useless, leaving firefighters short on water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
I remember the bravery of the New York firefighters and police.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Toiling around the clock, haggard Indonesian firefighters on Borneo island cannot keep up with the blazes devouring landscapes and shrouding communities in a cloying haze.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
“When we were little,” Natalie explains, “my sisters’ stuffed animals became astronauts, firefighters and chefs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
They could hear the firefighters speaking gently to Natalie: “Young lady, can we call someone for you?”
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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