http://www.universalhub.com/taxonomy/term/4572/0 en-US http://www.universalhub.com/2009/reunion-boston-firefighter-and-historically-saved <p>In 1968, firefighter William Carroll rescued a baby, Evangeline Harper, from a burning building:</p> <blockquote><p>A newspaper photograph captured their image - a white firefighter from South Boston with his lips pressed to the mouth of a black baby from the Roxbury public housing development - at a time when riots sparked by racial tensions were burning down American cities.</p></blockquote> <p>Over 40 years later, they are reunited.</p> <p>Globe front-page piece today, "<a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/02/12/40_years_worth_of_thanks/">40 years' worth of thanks</a>," by Maria Cramer. With sentimental video, "Joyful reunion," by Dina Rudick and Scott Helman.</p> <p><a href="http://www.universalhub.com/2009/reunion-boston-firefighter-and-historically-saved" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.universalhub.com/2009/reunion-boston-firefighter-and-historically-saved#comments Boston Roxbury History Media Boston Fire Department firefighter hero race Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:46:28 +0000 neilv 23256 at http://www.universalhub.com