Bladen native honored by President Trump during visit to White House
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"We looked but couldn't see anything around the bend," McKoy said. "But when we got ourselves on the northbound side, began moving past the stopped vehicles and got around that bend, we could see the thick, black smoke."
The first task for McKoy and his two partners, since they were the first on the scene, was to begin getting motorists safely off the bridge. That task took on a more urgent need when reports started coming in that a portion of the bridge had collapsed.
"We had to divert traffic quickly," McKoy said. "Thankfully, we were able to do that before anything tragic took place."
The cause of the fire that started remains under investigation, though at least one theory involves a homeless man who reportedly set a box in a shopping cart on fire and rolled it under the bridge where a number of pipes are located.
"I'm not so sure that's how it happened, but time will tell," McKoy said.
Within a week of the incident, members of the
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"The president praised our efforts on that bridge, where there were no injuries," McKoy said. "I'd say the highlight for me was meeting the president in the
McKoy said he knew from the time he was 8 or 9 years old that he wanted to be in law enforcement. After his graduation from
"I had always hoped it would be in
It's also gotten him a handshake and praise from the president for a job well done.
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