Worcester firefighter saved by fallen colleague released from hospital
Chris Pace was pulled to safety by Lt. Jason Menard after they went into the home to look for a baby reportedly trapped inside.
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts firefighter saved by one of who colleagues who later died has been released from the hospital.
WCVB-TV reports Worcester firefighter Chris Pace was released Tuesday from UMass Memorial Medical Center.
The 26-year-old suffered serious injuries while battling a house fire on Nov. 13.
His sister-in-law tells the station Pace had been in the hospital’s intensive care unit with multiple broken ribs, fractures, third-degree burns and a collapsed lung.
He was pulled to safety by Lt. Jason Menard after they’d went into the home to look for a baby reportedly trapped inside.
Menard also helped save another colleague, but the 39-year-old wasn’t able to escape himself.
Pace’s sister-in-law says their family is forever indebted to Menard. She says Pace is expecting his second child with his wife in April.
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