BEAUREGARD, Ala. — Piedmont Columbus Regional has named deputies Jeremy Brightwell and Jonathan Kennedy with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office the organization’s First Friday Heroes for December.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call one October afternoon about a house fire on Lee Road 41 in Beauregard. The caller said they briefly left the room while cooking and returned to find the kitchen on fire.
Deputies Brightwell and Kennedy responded and immediately entered the home. Both deputies encountered heavy smoke and crouched low to search for people still inside the home…