Firemen Awarded for Huntington Flood Rescue Efforts
Technician Robert E. Pickel, Jr. and Lieutenant Thomas L. Flint, III received the Silver Medal of Valor at Wednesday's 2012 Valor Awards
Technician Robert E. Pickel, Jr. and Lieutenant Thomas L. Flint, III, responded with the rest of Fairfax County Fire and Rescue 411 to the flooding in lower Huntington on Sept. 8, 2011, and rescued two women attempting to evacuate on Arlington Terrace. One woman was eight months pregnant, and the other had a two-week-old newborn with her. Pickel placed the baby in a car seat as the group waded through the moving water. Before they could get out of the water, the water surged; Flint and the two women were swept off their feet. "As one of the females was being washed past, [Flint] was able to grab her and have her hold on to the sign," a program accompanying the event read. "As the other female came past, Lieutenant Flint used his legs to …
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