{"id":4364,"date":"2016-11-05T14:40:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T18:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=4364"},"modified":"2016-11-07T08:17:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T13:17:51","slug":"t-c-williams-student-credited-with-saving-his-neighbors-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=4364","title":{"rendered":"T.C. Williams Student Credited with Saving his Neighbor&#8217;s Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>T.C. Williams High School senior Addison Guynn was presented with a Certificate of Heroism by Alexandria Fire Department this week for his bravery and quick action in preventing a major fire at his neighbor\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>Alexandria Fire Department Chief Robert C. Dub\u00e9 surprised Addison in class on Friday and made the presentation in front of his T.C. Williams classmates.<\/p>\n<p>Addison&#8217;s neighbors Steven Crossett and Rita Longhofer were asleep when a fire broke out on their deck in early Fall. Addison noticed the fire and quickly jumped into action, waking and alerting his neighbors and the Alexandria Fire Department who then helped to extinguish the 10-12 foot flames.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We count ourselves lucky to have Addison as our neighbor. Without his actions the fire would have been upon our house in minutes. Since we sleep in the upstairs, that outcome could have been catastrophic. Thank you, Addison,&#8221; Steve Crossett and Rita Longhofer said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Crossett and Longhofer, ever thankful to Addison, approached the fire department seeking formal recognition for his actions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As good as the Alexandria Fire Department is with our response times, having citizens such as Addison recognize when they can safely step in and help, can be a lifesaver,\u201d said Fire Department Chief Robert Dub\u00e9.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He urges families to check their smoke detectors, make an escape plan, and learn CPR. That way everyone can assist the emergency services in their mission.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4365\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4365\" class=\" wp-image-4365\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Addison-Award-260x186.jpg\" alt=\"Rita Longhofer, Chief Robert Dube, Principal Jesse Dingle, Addison Guynn, Steven Crosette, Katherine Flanigan, and Robert Guynn\" width=\"610\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Addison-Award-260x186.jpg 260w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Addison-Award-140x100.jpg 140w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Addison-Award-768x548.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Addison-Award-800x571.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Addison-Award.jpg 972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rita Longhofer, Chief Robert Dube, Principal Jesse Dingle, Addison Guynn, Steven Crossett, Katherine Flanigan, and Robert Guynn<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T.C. Williams High School Senior Addison Guynn received a Certificate of Heroism from the Fire Department this week for his quick actions in preventing a major household fire in his neighbor&#8217;s home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-achs","category-awards"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 08:37:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4364"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4440,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364\/revisions\/4440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}