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CIA officers often find themselves in situations which are not exactly part of their job description, but they rise to the occasion. Such was the case for an officer who scaled a burning 3-story building to save a child.
Read the CIA #SpiderMan story: bit.ly/2CdkNus
Read the CIA #SpiderMan story: bit.ly/2CdkNus
Flames leapt 30 feet into the air from the 3-story apartment building next door.
A young child was trapped on the roof, screaming in terror.
The officer—barefoot—scaled the outside of the rough sandstone building.
A young child was trapped on the roof, screaming in terror.
The officer—barefoot—scaled the outside of the rough sandstone building.
He swung the terrified child up onto his back and scrambled back down.
Safely on the ground, he placed the boy into the arms of his grateful mother.
He was hailed a hero, and his chief put in a request for him to receive “a size medium #SpiderMan t-shirt.”
#CIAserves
Safely on the ground, he placed the boy into the arms of his grateful mother.
He was hailed a hero, and his chief put in a request for him to receive “a size medium #SpiderMan t-shirt.”
#CIAserves
The original tale of this hero was first told in the February 1982 “Jordan Bureau Monthly Report” by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS). You can read the report, and millions of other declassified CIA documents, here:
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bit.ly/2MtA3ZO
