On Tuesday, the Watsonville City Council meeting honored Police Officer Moises Lopez for saving a man from a burning home.
Lopez had been with the Watsonville Police Department for under a year when he arrived at a house fire on Jan. 26 and found an unconscious 62-year-old man lying face down on the kitchen floor. Lopez ran into the smoke-filled home without hesitation, grabbed the man and began pulling him to safety. A firefighter later came to his aid in rescuing the victim, who was taken to a Bay Area burn center to recover.
At Tuesday’s meeting, Mayor Maria Orozco presented Lopez with a proclamation in recognition of his bravery.
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