If veteran firefighter Matt Blankenship's helmet had remained on his lap,his ride of a lifetime could have been his last.An emergency rescue call came into the Ashland(Va.)Volunteer Fire Co.station around 10:30 p.m.concerning a"car in the woods"off of 1-95 in Hanover County,Va."I was assigned to the heavy rescue extrication unit,"Blankenship said."We followed the primary fire engine to the scene and pulled over on the shoulder behind it."
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