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Andrey Kozlov

by Dasha from Samara, Russia

I think that firefighters are real heroes. They can not only extinguish fires but they can also help people who are involved in car accidents and other dangerous situations. They even sometimes provide emergency medical services.

A fire-engine (www.fireman.ru  )
A fire-engine (www.fireman.ru )

My hero is my uncle Andrey Kozlov. He is a firefighter. He has been working as a firefighter for seventeen years. And every day, every hour, every minute he risks his life. During extinguishing fires he can die in any moment.

Uncle Andrey lives in Samara not far from us. When he comes to see us he sometimes tells me about his job. One day Andrey extinguished a fire in a house and a big beam fell down on him. He could hardly stay alive then.

He told me that he didn’t think about danger or that he could die at such moments. He only thought about people who were in burning houses and how to help them. He was unaware of danger, he saw it only when he looked back.

Uncle Andrey doesn’t consider himself a hero. Like other people he is fond of reading, watching TV, listening to music. But in my opinion my uncle is a hero.

Page created on 4/30/2009 12:00:00 AM

Last edited 4/30/2009 12:00:00 AM

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