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Monday, March 10, 2008

Roanoke St. Patrick's Day Parade Grand Marshal Henley Green

2008 McDonald’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal
Roanoke City Firefighter/EMT - Henley Green

From http://www.roanokesaintpats.org/:
Each year the McDonald’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade celebrates the Irish & Scotch Irish influence within the Roanoke Valley and the entire Southwest Virginia region, plus we have lots of fun and great entertainment. But this celebration is also a salute to those within our community who serve and protect us every day. That’s why this year’s Grand Marshal is Roanoke City Firefighter/EMT Henley Green. Here’s why Henley was selected as this year’s Grand Marshal.

On Jan. 28, 2008 Henley Green was working off-duty from Roanoke Fire-EMS on a landscaping job for a sub-development in Mount Pleasant. It was an average day. He was working on a rock wall and getting ready to go for an early lunch. He got in his vehicle to leave when one of the Superintendents called and said that one of Henley’s co-worker's, who was working in a different part of the development, was having a seizure. Henley quickly drove the ½ mile to where his co-worker was. His co-worker (#1) was inside of a building that was being worked on upstairs. There were no stairs to reach the upper level, so Henley climbed a ladder, some 10 feet up, to reach his co-worker. Henley started checking him out and realized he wasn’t doing well. He didn’t know what was wrong but knew he needed an ambulance quickly.
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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Henley!

Anonymous said...

Rhett, I cant get the rest of the story to come up? Henley literly saved these two guys lives....and spent quite a few hours in the hospital his self because of it. Great job Dookey. CS

FireFleitz said...

Ok, I think I fixed the link.

Anonymous said...

How about that! A real live hero in our midst and we didn't even know it. I guess these awards are like food. "I gots mines". Seriously now, what a great job! It shows that we really are never off duty. Congratulations Henley.
Craig Sellers.

Anonymous said...

Wow, awesome job FF/EMT Henley! He deserves the honor!

Anonymous said...

You rock!!!

Anonymous said...

He's also IRISH !!

Anonymous said...

Henley once gave me mouth to mouth... Too bad I was only sleeping.

Anonymous said...

Say Word!

Anonymous said...

Congrats Henley. I heard about this all the way down here in Ga. Way to go man. GHS class of '90.