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Showing posts with label HERO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HERO. Show all posts

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Oxford teen wins Hero award

A Georgia teenager is among 25 people honored this year with a Carnegie Hero Award. 18-year-old Kyle Christopherson, of Oxford, Georgia, saved a 47-year-old man from drowning in the Atlantic Ocean at Daytona Beach Shores, Florida last July.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

High gas prices mean more break-downs

More people are running out of gas because high fuel price, and that's taxing the state Department of Transportation. Highway Emergency Response Operators – or HEROs -- are getting 20 calls per shift on average to help people who say they're out of gas. HEROs can give a stranded motorist up to a gallon of gas to help get them to the nearest gas station.

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