A ceremony Tuesday honored a former D.C. firefighter who was awarded a gold medal of valor in 1978 for carrying a badly burned woman to safety.
John Bruton entered a burning home through a second-floor window without breathing apparatus June 27, 1978, and came out carrying the woman, earning him the department’s highest honor, according to D.C. Fire and EMS.
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WATCH HEREBefore his passing, that medal was destroyed in a fire at his own home.
A replacement medal and a certificate of remembrance were presented Tuesday at the request of Bruton’s son, giving his family a reminder of his bravery.
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