A 12-year-old girl in south Tennessee saved her grandma from a house fire last month. She pulled her out while a sibling called 911. Lawrence County Fire and Rescue shared audio of the call. She and her grandmother both suffered burns, but made it out and will recover………………..A Florida man who had been missing since Valentine’s Day was discovered over a week later – trapped in mud up to his shoulders. 36-year-old Andrew Giddens was found after police spotted his abandoned car near an industrial plant that produces sand. Employees started looking for him, and one saw him in a pit. Andrew was alert and could talk but had gone several days without food or water. He was surrounded by “unstable” ground, so specialized crews worked with local fire departments to free him using ladders, backboards, pallets, poles, and ropes. Andrew was initially hospitalized in critical condition, but he’s now expected to make a full recovery………………And finally…………..
Active-duty Marine and Bear Creek volunteer firefighter Richard Stephen Flowers has a new business venture launching this weekend called the Jville Brew Loop, aimed at keeping drunk drivers off the streets. He got the idea after paying almost $200 to Uber between six different Jacksonville bars, so with a business partner, he bought two church buses for a “hop on, hop off” way to transport folks on a continuous route to partnered bars. The buses will stop at each bar for about an hour, and the cost is $20. The mission: Drink Local, Ride Safe, All Night. Get tickets at jvillebrewloop.com.