Vacation rescue proves first-responders never off-duty
ASHEBORO — Jared Byrd, Emergency Managment Coordinator with Randolph County Emergency Services, proved that first-responders are never off-duty when he helped to save the life of a drowning man while on vacation last week. According to a statement in the Weekly Situation Report from RCES, Maj. Byrd was on vacation with his family at Sunset Beach when he witnessed an elderly man trying to rescue his three grandchildren from a riptide Saturday. […]
