On August 28, 2010, Engine 106 of the Sacramento Metro Fire District responded to an apartment fire with a 4 year old boy trapped inside....Upon arrival, the firefighters found heavy fire conditions, and the father of the trapped boy on the street calling desperately for help... (Inlarge attachment of fire and see father at bottom right).....
Without hesitation Fireman Jeff "Fratello" Karges, who is a member of the Boozefighters MC Charter #121 "Hangtown Chapter" threw a 24 foot extension ladder against the second floor window of the engulfed apartment.... "Fratello" then climbed to the window, broke into the apartment and entered the bedroom where he encountered heavy fire and smoke... "Fratello" was able to find the boy who was surrounded by flames, unconscious and not breathing.. Boozefighter "Fratello" wrapped the boy in blankets, fought his way back through the flames and passed the lifeless boy out the window to his Captain who was waiting at the top of the ladder.. The boy’s condition was listed as “grave” upon admission to the E.R., but one week after the fire, the boy was released from Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Sacramento, having made a complete recovery....As if saving the life of their son was not enough, Jeff and his fire team then also paid for a hotel room for the child's family, and helped raise over $1,500 for this family who lost everything except their precious son.
For his actions, Boozefighter Jeff "Fratello" Karges was awarded the Medal of Valor and has now also been nominated for the America’s Most Wanted "All Star Award", but needs your vote to win....If Fratello wins, he will recive this award on national television at a ceremony during an upcoming NASCAR race ..... Please take just a minute and go to http://www.amw.com/?src=schedule_page click on the all-star icon at the top right of the home page, and enter Jeff Karges in the search window. When his bio appears, please vote for him... I am told you can vote once daily – so let’s all vote every day..
Late last night I sent your story to the BFMC Nationals with no response yet...But, I also posted it on Facebook late last night and just overnight from midnight to 7:00 A.M. the story has had an unbelievable number of hits and it's been re-posted by numerous friends and friends of friends....Along with that, I noticed the story has also now been picked-up off Facebook and recirculated by the Placerville Newswire which re-posted it to thousands more people on-line...Just overnight, dang this might work...Some posts just off my page are as follows.....
Victor FestonAbsolutely fantastic thank you cowboy for posting this. It goes to show that there are still people out there who will give themselves completely without thought of there own personal safety. It also shows what kind of people are involved ...with the boozefighters.
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- Melvin Chico Russell Got it done R.J. and he well deserves the award
Ruby Weber Done....story's like this ought to make our politicians think twice about closeing Firehouses ..what if..they were dispatched from a longer distance..The child would probably not be with us...The story should be forwarded to our gov. to get his attention..·
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