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President Joe Biden honored U.S. troops who died fighting for their country, marking Memorial Day with the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, and he is making remarks to pay tribute to the fallen.We re here to once again stand amid the rows and rows of stones that bear witness to the brave women and men who served and sacrificed for our freedom and for our future, those who died Mr. Biden said, so that our nation might live. Memorial Day falls close to the date of the death stanley cup of the president s son, Beau Biden. Tomorrow marks eight years since we lost our son, Beau, Mr. Biden said, adding that his life was not taken on the battlefield, but by cancer. He said the sense of the loss of his son is particularly sharp on Memorial Day, but at the same time, he feels pride at his service. The younger Biden served in Iraq for the Delaware Air National Guard. The president spoke of the need to fulfill the sacred obligation the nation ha stanley cup s to prepare those we send into harm s way and care for them and their families when they come home. He mentioned 25 bipartisan laws that have been passed to support veterans, military members, their families and survivors, and highlighted legislation to help millions of veterans exposed to burn stanley cup pits.Earlier, Mr. Biden was joined by first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Harris husband, Douglas Emhoff, for the 155th National Memorial Day Observance. The presi Cbdr 1 killed, 1 injured in New Mexico head-on train accident
WASHINGTON -- A Washington, D.C., firefighter gave his oxygen mask to a great-grandmother during her rescue from a burning building Thursday, CBS affiliate WUSA-TV reports.Firefighter Danny Lovato and 65-year-old Phyllis Terrell are recovering.When firefighters arrived at the burning apartment building, police officers had already evacuated the residents from the lower floors. But Terrell was hanging out of her window, trapped on the third floor with heavy smoke rolling out. af1 She said it was just filled with smoke; she couldn t see, said her granddaughter, Tyricka Terrell. Lovato salomon threw a ladder against the side of the building and tried to convince the great-grandmother to hold on. She said she was about to jump off, and she would have died right there, said her granddaughter.Lieutenant Dan White and firefighter Joshua Elie raced inside. We fought our way through everything, and we got to her, said Elie.But Terrell could not b adidas samba reathe any more of the toxic, superheated air, and it was too risky to take her down the ladder, so Lovato pulled off his oxygen mask and handed it to Terrell. He then gave his air tank to the firefighters inside. While White and Elie took Terrell down the stairs, Lovato made his way down the ladder, his windpipe choked with soot and burned by the heat. I just love the firefighter who saved her, said Tyricka Terrell. Keep him in my prayers too. And my grandma. Lovato s wife Adrian is at
President Joe Biden honored U.S. troops who died fighting for their country, marking Memorial Day with the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, and he is making remarks to pay tribute to the fallen.We re here to once again stand amid the rows and rows of stones that bear witness to the brave women and men who served and sacrificed for our freedom and for our future, those who died Mr. Biden said, so that our nation might live. Memorial Day falls close to the date of the death stanley cup of the president s son, Beau Biden. Tomorrow marks eight years since we lost our son, Beau, Mr. Biden said, adding that his life was not taken on the battlefield, but by cancer. He said the sense of the loss of his son is particularly sharp on Memorial Day, but at the same time, he feels pride at his service. The younger Biden served in Iraq for the Delaware Air National Guard. The president spoke of the need to fulfill the sacred obligation the nation ha stanley cup s to prepare those we send into harm s way and care for them and their families when they come home. He mentioned 25 bipartisan laws that have been passed to support veterans, military members, their families and survivors, and highlighted legislation to help millions of veterans exposed to burn stanley cup pits.Earlier, Mr. Biden was joined by first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Harris husband, Douglas Emhoff, for the 155th National Memorial Day Observance. The presi Cbdr 1 killed, 1 injured in New Mexico head-on train accident
WASHINGTON -- A Washington, D.C., firefighter gave his oxygen mask to a great-grandmother during her rescue from a burning building Thursday, CBS affiliate WUSA-TV reports.Firefighter Danny Lovato and 65-year-old Phyllis Terrell are recovering.When firefighters arrived at the burning apartment building, police officers had already evacuated the residents from the lower floors. But Terrell was hanging out of her window, trapped on the third floor with heavy smoke rolling out. af1 She said it was just filled with smoke; she couldn t see, said her granddaughter, Tyricka Terrell. Lovato salomon threw a ladder against the side of the building and tried to convince the great-grandmother to hold on. She said she was about to jump off, and she would have died right there, said her granddaughter.Lieutenant Dan White and firefighter Joshua Elie raced inside. We fought our way through everything, and we got to her, said Elie.But Terrell could not b adidas samba reathe any more of the toxic, superheated air, and it was too risky to take her down the ladder, so Lovato pulled off his oxygen mask and handed it to Terrell. He then gave his air tank to the firefighters inside. While White and Elie took Terrell down the stairs, Lovato made his way down the ladder, his windpipe choked with soot and burned by the heat. I just love the firefighter who saved her, said Tyricka Terrell. Keep him in my prayers too. And my grandma. Lovato s wife Adrian is at