Halifax County Sheriff’s Sergeant Alex Wood entered a burning Roanoke Rapids home and followed a trapped man’s voice through thick smoke before pulling him to safety Thursday night.
ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC — A Halifax County sheriff’s deputy risked his life Thursday night to rescue an elderly man trapped inside a burning home, kicking down a locked door and crawling through thick smoke until he located the victim lying on the floor.
Sergeant Alex Wood responded to the residential fire in the 100 block of Haywood Drive around 9:25 p.m. on October 8 after a neighbor called 911 to report that someone was trapped inside.
When Wood arrived, the residence was engulfed in flames. A distraught woman at the scene was screaming that her father remained inside the burning house…