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Video: Boy, 7, reunited with firefighters who saved his life

Josiah Kernell got to shoot water from a hose, climb aboard a rig and go up in the basket of a ladder truck

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CBS Los Angeles

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A 7-year-old Westminster boy got the chance to be a firefighter for the day Saturday.

But more importantly, Josiah Kernell got to personally thank the firefighters who saved his life five years ago.

Kernell was the picture of health Saturday. This was a far cry from how firefighter paramedic Randy Webb found him following a 911 call — unconscious and unresponsive on May 10, 2010.

Full story: Westminster Boy, 7, Reunited With Firefighters Who Saved His Life In 2010