HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

A life saver is recognized

Written December 4th, 2013 by Hasso Hering

A man talked of suicide and set himself on fire near the roundabout on Albany’s Knox Butte Road last Aug. 20. Police Officer Sam Posthuma kept him from completing that plan, and for that the officer has now been honored for saving the man’s life.


 
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