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ATLANTA — One Atlanta firefighting crew went from rescuers to victims as they were dealing with a fallen tree Monday. One firefighter told Channel 2 Action News that he came within five feet of death.
The men of truck Company 38 were near the corner of Collier and Linwood when they came upon a downed tree, so they did what firefighters do — they fixed the problem.
“We’re here cutting another tree down, you don’t feel like another tree is going to fall on top of you while you’re cutting another tree down,” said Hugh Long with the Atlanta Fire Department.
Full story: Overhead wires came down, the firefighters dropped their equipment and ran