Frank A. Bennett rescued Margaret A. McKay from burning, Cobden, Ontario, December 4, 1982. Margaret, 13, was inside her father’s service station when fire broke out, trapping her. Bennett, 23, unemployed melter-pourer, ran into the garage but was prevented from reaching Margaret by a wall of chest-high flames. When Margaret fell while attempting to run through the flames, Bennett entered the fire and pulled her out. He ran from the garage with her and extinguished the flames on her legs. Margaret was hospitalized for extensive burns. Bennett was hospitalized three days for smoke inhalation and burns to his face and hands; he recovered.
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