It will impact us forever : First responders, community grieve for family of children killed in Whitehall RV fire
First responders and community members are still processing the fire that claimed the lives of two children, while also grieving for the family. Author: Clay Gordon Updated: 6:53 PM EDT May 3, 2021
WHITEHALL, Ohio One day after two young children lost their lives in a fire, the Whitehall neighborhood where it happened is paying tribute with a growing memorial. The community and first responders are now waiting on an investigation that they hope will bring answers into what happened.
“In the fire service our job is to always prevent something like this from happening,” said Whitehall Division of Fire Assistant Chief KJ Watts. “If we can learn anything from that incident to try and keep it from happening again that will do wonders in our healing process.”
Trio of Whitehall officers help save man from waters of Big Walnut Creek
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A man whom the Whitehall Division of Police was told possibly had jumped from a bridge on East Main Street was not easy to see when three officers converged on the area shortly after 9 p.m. Jan. 12.
The three officers spread out under the bridge and along the banks of the Big Walnut Creek and found the 35-year-old man. Each took turns at keeping the man’s head supported and out of the below-freezing water amid rocks until Whitehall Division of Fire medics arrived and transported him to a local hospital, where he was admitted and remained several days.