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Boy to firefighter: Thanks for catching me

by Angelica Razack | October 18, 2011 at 12:59 PM
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In his heroic pursuit, firefighter Glen McGullivray, caught 6-year-old, Xavier Lamb after his grandmother dropped him from three stories in a burning building.

Xavier’s grandmother, relieved, says “I don’t know what I would have done. I thought it was the end.”

“I just happened to be in the right place at the right time,” said McGovery.

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