Posted on 12/22/2014 2:54:13 PM PST by naturalman1975
He may not have arrived on a sleigh being pulled by reindeer, but Santa Claus came to a man’s rescue in the Hunter Valley over the weekend.
To get into the Christmas spirit Nick Carey had been dressing up as Santa Claus while working with his crew from NSW Fire & Rescue Telarah brigade, but instead of delivering presents on Saturday he delivered a 20-year-old man from death after he had been pulled from his burning house unconscious suffering from smoke inhalation.
The Daily Telegraph reported the fire crew had been on their annual Christmas lolly run in their tinselled fire truck when they saw smoke coming from a house. Instead of coming down the chimney Santa waited outside as his helpers - the rest of the fire crew - broke down the front door and went in using breathing apparatus. But Mr Carey soon jumped into action.
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