Alysha's blog

1. Firefighter injured after falling 15 feet during cat rescue.

The local fire station responded to a call about rescuing a Suzanne and Samantha Decker’s cat in a tree at 102 11th Ave. The cat was found in an oak tree about 50 feet up.

Bob Harwood, one of the fire fighters that responded, climb the tree and grab the Decker’s cat. With 15 feet left to go, a branch breaks and Harwood and the cat fall to the ground. Harwood suffers from breaking his left leg and is doing “just fine” at St. Lukes Hospital. The is also doing fine since he landed on Harwood.

2. End of school year outbursts causes 15 North East’s students suspensions

The fire alarm sounded three times Wednesday in protest of five classmates being suspended for a week for smoking weed in the parking lot. Ten upper classmen were suspended for one week because of the outbursts.

After the first 5 students were suspended other bursts happened, including a food fight in the cafeteria, and fire alarms being pulled without the sign of a fire.

North East’s Principal Laura Vibelius believes that the outburst are “Not so much unrest because of suspensions, but because of summer vacation being so near”.

Vibelius sees these “incidents” ending in the near future.

3. Gas floods sewer lines as result from an overturned Texaco gasoline truck.

Sewer lines for two blocks were full of gas forcing four families to evacuate on the blocks of 48th Street and Correctionville Road.

Fire Chief Charles Hochandel says, “The fireman followed catastrophe and hazmat procedures set up beforehand for just such an occurrence”. The clean up efforts took around two hours.