A PARAMEDIC who rescued a 90-year-old woman from her smoke-filled home has been rewarded.
Within three minutes of arriving on the scene on April 2, Andy McCann, who works for the London Ambulance Service, had pulled the woman from her home, in Hurst Road, Bexley.
She was rushed to Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, suffering from smoke inhalation.
She died three days later.
He was nominated for an award by the woman's brother-in-law Henry Morley, himself a retired former senior officer with the London Ambulance Service.
Mr Morley said: "Both Andy and the ambulance crew did everything they could before the other emergency services arrived.
"I would like to convey the heartfelt thanks of my wife and myself for the brilliant way they handled the situation."
Andy was presented with a letter of commendation for his "meritorious action" by Bexley mayor Councillor Aileen Beckwith, at a ceremony at the LAS's south east sector headquarters, in Bromley.
October 26, 2001 11:22
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