The Associated Press
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A firefighter in Fairbanks is being honored.
Twenty-4-year-old Andrew Hamlin has received three prestigious honors for his work with the North Star Volunteer Fire Department.
Hamlin was on hand last summer when a call came in that a van containing three children rolled into the Chena River. Two toddlers were able to escape, but a 2-month-old infant remained inside, strapped to a car seat and submerged under 10 feet of water.
Hamlin, a trained rescue diver, dove in twice with no success. The third time he put on a firefighter’s breathing apparatus and dove into the murky water, and was able to get the child out. Unfortunately, the baby died the next day.
Information from: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, http://www.newsminer.com