William M. Carey saved Jane A. and Shannon M. O’Keefe from suffocation, Salem, Massachusetts, August 9, 1978. In early morning, fire broke out on the ground floor of a three-story brick building in which the top apartment was occupied by Jane, 19, and her baby daughter, Shannon. Carey, 47, recreation department worker, entered the burning building via a rear door and, in increasingly dense smoke, ascended stairs to the third floor, where he pounded on the apartment door until he gained entrance. Carrying Shannon, Carey then led the way for Jane as, in smoke that allowed no visibility, they descended to the ground floor and emerged from the building. 56398-6345
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