Must see raw video: Milwaukee firefighters John & Joel Rechlitz rescue family from burning vehicle. Children & FFs burned.
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By far, this is the video and story of the day. Firegeezer found this one showing two off-duty Milwaukee firefighters making a dramatic rescue on Sunday of a 32-year-old woman and her two children, ages two and four who were trapped in their overturned burning vehicle. The firefighters received help from an off-duty police officer and neighbors.
The four-year-old boy was the last removed and was the most seriously injured with burns over 30-percent of his body. The firefighters are brothers John and Joel Rechlitz. They were also burned.
John Rechlitz received an urgent call from his wife about the fire. Joy Rechlitz and Joel’s wife Kelly were heading to pick up a birthday cake for John and Joy’s 17-year-old daughter. The brothers raced to the fire 3-blocks away. Read the details in this story by Linda Spice of the Journal Sentinel.
They were assisted by off-duty Lieutenant Mark Wroblewski of the Milwaukee Police Department. They all live in the neighborhood where the crash occurred.
The brothers Rechlitz in a Journal Sentinel photo by Tom Lynn. Click here for more.
