From Saving Lives to Sharing One: A Red Cross Romance
Some stories remind us that service is more than a calling—it’s a thread that weaves lives together. This is one of those stories.
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Seven Decades of Gratitude: An Unforgettable Volunteer Helps After a Fire
Co-authored by Channa Sweet and Jill Feldon LaNouette
October 20, 1957 newspaper clippings of the 4-alarm fire that took place on Fell St.
Credit: The San Francisco Examiner // Archives
Carol awoke at 2 a.m. to an unimaginable scene unfolding in front of her. She was trapped in a room with smoke burning her nose and flames licking at the door. Unable to leave through her bedroom door, she climbed out her window and escaped from the third floor down an already burning fire escape. With singed hair and bare feet firmly planted on the cold ground, she stood across the street feeling like she was “watching her whole life burn away.”
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