LAST OF BEACH'S FIRST FIREFIGHTERS CALLS IT QUITS DAVE HICKS HAS BEEN SAVING PEOPLE, PETS AND PROPERTY SINCE THE CITY INCORPORATED.(FRONT)

From: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | Date: October 26, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: LANE DEGREGORY, STAFF WRITER

VIRGINIA BEACH -- Dave Hicks had just stuck his Healthy Choice taco into the microwave when the call came.

A young woman getting gas at an Amoco station had locked her keys - and infant son - in her Ford Grenada.

``Never fails,'' Hicks said, setting his frozen dinner aside. ``Let's go, boys.''

Five minutes later, Hicks and his fellow firefighters pried open the sedan's front door. The shaking woman clutched the child and her keys against her chest. Hicks tickled the boy's drooly chin.

``You OK?'' he asked them both.

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