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Fireman collapses at fire, dies later
by Outspoken on Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:44 am
Fireman collapses at fire, dies later
BY SCOTT MONROE
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
DETROIT -- A firefighter died Monday while helping to battle a house fire on River Road that left a family homeless.
Michael Snowman, 49, of Hartland collapsed from an apparent heart attack and was later pronounced dead at a hospital, said Don Chute, Detroit's fire chief. Snowman will be sadly missed by many people, he said, adding that "there's no replacing him."
"He's probably the only guy I know -- you talk about giving the shirt off your back -- when I say that about Mike Snowman, that's no exaggeration," Chute said.
"He did what he loved to do and that was helping people. He was a Christian man and an asset to all the departments."
The call came in at 8:16 a.m. Monday with a report of smoke from a residence at 227 River Road. Madeline Wheeler lived there with her two sons.
Wheeler had gone out at 8 to get prescription medication at Rite Aid, Chute said; when she returned, the house had caught fire. Her children were at school at the time, Chute said.
About 35 firefighters responded to the call from Detroit, Newport, Pittsfield, Plymouth and Hartland.
At 8:36, Snowman was helping to hook up a hose from a Pittsfield engine when he collapsed from "an apparent cardiac emergency," Chute said. He was taken to Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield, and an hour later he was flown by Lifeflight to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. He died at 11:50 a.m., Chute said.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5618067.html
BY SCOTT MONROE
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
DETROIT -- A firefighter died Monday while helping to battle a house fire on River Road that left a family homeless.
Michael Snowman, 49, of Hartland collapsed from an apparent heart attack and was later pronounced dead at a hospital, said Don Chute, Detroit's fire chief. Snowman will be sadly missed by many people, he said, adding that "there's no replacing him."
"He's probably the only guy I know -- you talk about giving the shirt off your back -- when I say that about Mike Snowman, that's no exaggeration," Chute said.
"He did what he loved to do and that was helping people. He was a Christian man and an asset to all the departments."
The call came in at 8:16 a.m. Monday with a report of smoke from a residence at 227 River Road. Madeline Wheeler lived there with her two sons.
Wheeler had gone out at 8 to get prescription medication at Rite Aid, Chute said; when she returned, the house had caught fire. Her children were at school at the time, Chute said.
About 35 firefighters responded to the call from Detroit, Newport, Pittsfield, Plymouth and Hartland.
At 8:36, Snowman was helping to hook up a hose from a Pittsfield engine when he collapsed from "an apparent cardiac emergency," Chute said. He was taken to Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield, and an hour later he was flown by Lifeflight to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. He died at 11:50 a.m., Chute said.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5618067.html
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