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Rising Waters Trap Homeless Woman Under Falmouth Bridge, Firefighters Make Challenging Save Rising Waters Trap Homeless Woman Under Falmouth Bridge, Firefighters Make Challenging Save
Rising Waters Trap Homeless Woman Under Falmouth Bridge, Firefighters Make Challenging Save Rising waters during this week's storm nearly trapped a homeless woman under the Falmouth Bridge, until firefighters came to her aid, officials tell Daily Voice. The individual called 911 at the height of the storm, around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, saying the waters were rising and they had nowhere to go, according to Brian J. Frankel, the assistant chief of Stafford County Fire and Rescue. The department's water rescue team was deployed and successfully got the woman out from under the bridge. "It was successful just a challenging rescue because it was the middle of the night …

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