Farmington remembers two veterans post is named for - Lewiston Sun Journal
Lt. Thaddeus L. Roderick was the only Farmington casualty of The Great War [World War I] and Cpl. George E. Crosby was the first Farmington man to die in World War II.
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Lt. Thaddeus L. Roderick was the only Farmington casualty of The Great War [World War I] and Cpl. George E. Crosby was the first Farmington man to die in World War II.
But corporal chris denton is recovering from a back injury, so he's riding shotgun with corporal phillip crosby. >> just really excited to finally get back to work, but i knew there were some limitations that i was going to have. >> several hours into their shift, it's turning out to be an uneventful evening. not a bad first night as corporal denton eases his way back into the job. >> we'd had a few service calls. i think we might have made a traffic stop or two. nothing stressful, nothing really big. >> but at 1:38 a.m. their night goes from zero to 60 in a matter of seconds. they're dispatch...
Burning alive on his watch, corporal crosby starts tearing at the passenger door, bending and pulling it away from the car. >> we're trying to just create a big space to try to pull him out. >> corporate denton grabs a fire extinguisher from the patrol car. >> we got to use this fire extinguisher. >> hoping to fight back some of the flames. >> when the fire extinguisher went dry, i even turned it over and tried to break out the windshield. >> cover your eyes. >> just to give us access to the driver. >> holy -- >> i need help. i can't breathe. >> i couldn't see anything inside the car. there's ...
So he's riding shotgun with corporal phillip crosby. >> i was just really excited to finally get back to work, but i knew there were some limitations that i was going to have. >> several hours into their shift, it's turning out to be an uneventful evening. not a bad first night as corporal denton eases his way back into the job. >> we'd had a few service calls. i think we might have made a traffic stop or two. nothing stressful, nothing really big. >> but at 1:38 a.m. their night goes from zero to 60 in a matter of seconds. they're dispatched to a car accident that happens to be a block away f...
>> horrified at seeing someone burning alive on his watch, corporal crosby starts tearing at the passenger door, bending and pulling it away from the car. >> we're trying to just create a big space to try to pull him out. >> corporate denton grabs a fire extinguisher from the patrol car. >> we got to use this fire extinguisher. >> hoping to fight back some of the flames. >> when the fire extinguisher went dry, i even turned it over and tried to break out the windshield. >> cover your eyes. >> just to give us access to the driver. >> holy -- >> i need help. i can't breathe. >> i couldn't see an...