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CBC
8 hours ago
- CBC
Man who set 30 hay bale fires in western Saskatchewan last summer sentenced for arson
Logan Sieben, 25, has been sentenced to 18 months of probation after pleading guilty to one count of arson causing property damage in Macklin, located about 250 kilometres west of Saskatoon. The former volunteer firefighter must also complete 200 hours of community service in 15 months and is not allowed to have any fire-starting tools.
Fox News
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Last words of 'hero' firefighter who died at Trump rally shooting revealed
The volunteer firefighter who died while shielding his family from the sniper who tried to kill former President Trump over the weekend at a rally in Pennsylvania said "get down!" as his final words, his wife has revealed. Helen Comperatore told the New York Post that she and her husband Corey were close to celebrating their 29th wedding anniversary when their family headed to the campaign event in Butler, outside of Pittsburgh, on Saturday. "He's my hero," Helen Comperatore said to the newspaper from her home in nearby Sarver, Pennsylvania. "He just said, 'get down!' That was the last thing he said." "Me and the kids were all there as a family," she added. "He was just excited. It was going to be a nice day with the family. TRUMP RALLY VICTIM COREY COMPERATORE DIED SHIELDING FAMILY AND 'WOULD'VE DONE IT AGAIN,' FRIEND SAYS Corey Comperatore, 50, was the former fire chief for the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company. The department now has a memorial set up outside its firehouse featuring Comperatore's uniform to honor who they described as a "brother, son, husband, father and friend." "He was a simple man, but he put his wife and kids first all the time. I did nothing here. I didn't lift a finger. He did everything," Helen Comperatore told the New York Post in the wake of the shooting, which injured Trump and critically injured two other rallygoers who are expected to survive. LIVE UPDATES: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION Helen Comperatore also said President Biden tried to call her family following the incident but "I didn't want to talk to him. "I didn't talk to Biden," she said. "My husband was a devout Republican and he would not have wanted me to talk to him." "I don't have any ill-will towards Joe Biden," Helen Comperatore added. "I'm not one of those people that gets involved in politics. I support Trump, that's who I'm voting for but I don't have ill-will towards Biden." FAMILY MEMBERS SPEAK OUT FOLLOWING COREY COMPERATORE'S DEATH Helen Comperatore described the shooter at the rally, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, as a "despicable kid." On Sunday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said he spoke with Helen Comperatore. "Corey Comperatore was a girl dad. Corey was a firefighter. Corey went to church every Sunday. Corey loved his community, and most especially Corey loves his family," he said at a news conference. "Corey was an avid supporter of the former president and was so excited to be there last night with him in the community." President Biden also said Sunday that he and first lady Jill Biden "extend our deepest condolences to the family of the victim who was killed. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "He was a father. He was protecting his family from the bullets that were being fired, and he lost his life. God love him," Biden said. Fox News' Michael Dorgan and Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.
Daily Mail
10-07-2025
- Climate
- Daily Mail
Texas firefighter says there could be flood victims found alive
It's been nearly a week since catastrophic floods hit Texas on July 4, killing at least 120 people and leaving another 160 missing. There are 2,100 first responders on the ground desperately working to find victims, according to the Kerrville police chief, in a search area at least four times the size of Manhattan. Bodies are being found every day, with the last living victim discovered on Friday—the same day the flood struck. Despite that grim toll, one firefighter who has been searching for people himself believes there is still hope for a miracle. 'There could still be a survivor in there,' Razor Dobbs, a volunteer firefighter in Center Point, told Thursday. 'We're still in rescue mode, and we're not quitting until we find everybody.' Dobbs, 54, has been a first responder in Center Point, a small community outside Kerrville, for four years. He's been attending daily briefings at the Office of Emergency Management and said the search has moved in phases — almost like layers — with teams first clearing surface areas and now returning to dig deeper. 'The easy people to find have been found,' he said. 'Right up the road, there's a debris field that's 50 feet, 60 feet high and 100 yards long, thick… full of RV parts, which we already found four victims toward the top.' Now, makeshift roads are being built to give heavy machinery access to the Guadalupe River so crews can move massive trees and debris piles safely. 'Now, there are multiple excavators and teams, meticulously going through, because it's compacted. You can't get rescue dogs through,' Dobbs explained. He compared the current phase of rescue in Hill Country to the days after 9/11, when first responders dug carefully through smoldering rubble in search of air pockets and potential survivors. 'There are people who are buried in the riverbed. It takes time. You can't just go ripping in here and start tearing stuff up,' he said. 'The debris field I was telling you about has to be cautiously pulled through. You don't want to damage it. There could still be a survivor in there.' Dobbs stressed the urgency of the mission. 'You have 161 confirmed missing. We have a lot of work to do. It's vital that we find these people. These families want their people home, and we want them home.' He also emphasized that many people watching the news don't realize how far the floodwaters actually spread. A 'rain bomb' over the Hunt area caused the river to rise 26 feet in just 45 minutes, according to state officials. 'These floodwaters went way out—way out into big fields with high crops,' Dobbs said. 'Very easily, there could be someone laying somewhere. It happens. People have car accidents, run off roads, and nobody finds them for days. That's the attitude. This is not just a recovery. It's a search and rescue.' In the latest press conference on Thursday morning, officials confirmed 96 deaths in Kerr County, including at Camp Mystic. Of those, 60 were adults and 36 were children. Neighboring Kendall County, which lies downstream, has recovered eight bodies. Local officials noted those victims are not residents of Kendall County—meaning their bodies floated downriver from Kerr County. At least 161 people remain missing, including five young girls and one camp counselor from Camp Mystic.
