Tag: first responders
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Touch-A-Truck event to bring more vehicles, more swag to Norris Penrose Event Center
This weekend, the Touch-A-Truck event will return to the Norris Penrose Event Center at 945 Lower Gold Camp Road for the third straight year, with more vehicles, more giveaways and, if the past two years are any indication, more attendees. The annual, interactive expo was suspended a few years ago when the host organization severed…
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Young hero surprised with 911 award just after his 11th birthday
At only 10 years old, Josian Davis saved his grandfather’s life. On June 26, Davis was visiting his grandparents in the Stratmoor Hills neighborhood on Colorado Springs’ south side when, suddenly, his grandfather Martin fell and struck his head. Martin was bleeding and kept going in and out of consciousness. Davis quickly and calmly called…
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Colorado Springs’ new whole blood program saves more than 30 lives in its first 100 days
Chelsea Tuff was about a week from her due date the morning of Aug. 6, when she woke up and began experiencing contractions about five minutes apart. After meeting with a midwife a few hours later, it looked like her daughter would be born a week early. “She had a heartbeat, she was moving,” said…
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1 killed in shooting south of downtown Colorado Springs, police say
Colorado Springs police are investigating a deadly shooting near Dorchester Park on Wednesday night, officials said. Officers responded to a call about shots fired approximately at 9:30 p.m., near Interstate 25 and South Nevada Avenue, south of downtown Colorado Springs. Upon arrival they found a man with life-threatening injuries, police said. The victim was taken…
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UPDATE: Suspect vehicle ID’d in fatal hit-and-run crash near Colorado Springs mall
Colorado Springs police have released a photo of the vehicle believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run that killed a person riding a scooter near The Citadel mall early Friday morning. The crash happened at about 1:20 a.m., near the intersection of Platte Avenue and Academy Boulevard, police said in an online blotter entry.…
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Marilyn Gifford, longtime physician and ‘godmother of emergency services’ in Colorado Springs, dies at 80
Marilyn Gifford, a longtime emergency physician regarded as the “godmother of emergency medical services” in Colorado Springs, has died, according to her family. She was 80 years old. A trailblazer in a field that had very few women in it, Gifford was widely acknowledged not only as a standout emergency physician, but as the architect…
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NEWS | 9/11 Memorial at DIA Fire Station
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, dozens gathered at the Denver Fire Department’s Station 35 on Friday morning as officials dedicated a memorial to the nearly 3,000 victims who died that fateful day and first responders.
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NEWS | Remembering the Fallen on 9/11
The Fort Carson Firefighters Association gathered at UCHealth Park in Colorado Springs on Friday morning, Sept. 11, 2020, to climb the stairs and honor those who were lost during the events that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001. (Video by Katie Klann)