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Hopkinsville Firefighters Honored with Medal of Valor
Posted: October 6, 2010
THE CITY OF HOPKINSVILLE AND THE HOPKINSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZED SEVERAL FIREFIGHTERS LAST (TUESDAY) NIGHT FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO SAVE A FELLOW FIREFIGHTER AND A SWIFT WATER TRAINING STUDENT IN MAY.
FIREFIGHTERS AND SWIFT WATER RESCUE TEAM MEMBERS, BEASLEY, CURTIS NIGHTINGALE, BILL NIGHTINGALE AND CHAD SIVILLS WERE HONORED WITH THE UNIT MEDAL OF VALOR FOR THEIR EFFORTS ON MAY 2ND, 2010 AT YATESVILLE DAM NEAR LOUISA, KENTUCKY.
THE TEAM WAS AT A TRAINING WHEN A FEMALE STUDENT WAS SWEPT AWAY BY THE CURRENT. LOCKEY BEASLEY JUMPED INTO THE WATER TO RESCUE HER AND AFTER GETTING HER TO SAFETY, WAS PULLED UNDER BY THE CURRENT. WHEN HIS THREE TEAM MEMBERS, CURTIS AND BILL NIGHTINGALE AND CHAD SIVILLS, WERE FINALLY ABLE TO RESCUE HIM, HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND WITHOUT A PULSE.
FIREFIGHTER, MIKE WORKMAN READ THE COMMENDATION, WHICH SAYS THE THREE MEN PERFORMED LIFE SAVING MEASURES.
BEASLEY HAS SINCE RECOVERED AND RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY. HE WAS HONORED WITH THE PURPLE HEART AS PART OF THE PRESENTATIONS AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
Source: ANNIE CATRON,
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