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Firefighter reflects on New Orleans service

Northern Public Radio
Published September 22, 2005 at 3:10 PM CDT

By Chris Lehman

DeKalb, IL – Eight DeKalb County firefighters returned home Wednesday, September 21, after spending two weeks in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Among them was Jim Ruhl. Chris Lehman spoke with him as he was putting away his equipment at DeKalb's Fire Station Number One.