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Mo. firefighters talk about falling through floor

New recruit, captain weren’t injured in fall

By KMBCTV (Missouri)

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — One of the firefighters who fell through a floor while battling a house fire early Tuesday morning was on his last day on the job, and the other firefighter was on his first, KMBC’s Natalie Moultrie reported.

“As I was falling, I remember saying, ‘I can’t believe I’m going to die on my last shift on the truck,” Capt. Joe Lay said.

“I couldn’t believe it -- my first day on the job, and I’m falling through the floor of a residential house. It was just something else,” firefighter Kyle Stevens said.

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