Fire Buffs promote the general welfare of the fire and rescue service and protect its heritage and history. Famous Fire Buffs through the years include New York Fire Surgeon Harry Archer, Boston Pops Conductor Arthur Fiedler, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and - legend has it - President George Washington.

Thursday, January 12, 2023

RUB-A-DUB - 1962

"We did our job and got the hell out of there." That's how Denver Assistant Fire Chief John DeJong, described the Dec. 13, 1962 rescue of Linda Jane Hinchman, a student at Colorado Womens College. Hinchman, 17, of Glenwood, Indiana, wedged her toe in a bathtub faucet. Firemen sawed the faucet and freed her toe with petroleum jelly. She kept the faucet, according to a UPI story in the News-Press of St. Joseph, Missouri.
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