TAKING LIFE'S HURDLES IN STRIDE : FIREFIGHTER SHOT IN L.A. RIOTS HAPPY FAMILY'S SAFE AFTER MORNING BLAZE.Byline: Enrique Rivero Daily News Staff Writer Firefighter Scott Miller Scott Miller may refer to:
Two years later, his San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. home was severely damaged in the Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. , prompting Miller to move his family to neighboring Ventura County. On Friday, the Los Angeles city Fire Department captain was touched by calamity once again when his Newbury Park home caught fire, and the family's station wagon and van were destroyed. Yet only hours after firefighters contained the flames at his Pacific Circle home, Miller sat calmly in the sunshine at a neighbor's house, smiling and chatting with neighbors. Miller has everything to be thankful - his wife and two children and even the family's 14-year-old dog made it out safely during the early morning fire. ``This is going to be a rough time for my family, but it won't be unbearable,'' said Miller, 37. The Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department. The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. on Friday afternoon was still trying to determine the cause of the 12:51 a.m. blaze that burned the garage and two bedrooms of the 2,000-square-foot house in the 400 block of Pacific Circle. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. fire officials, the blaze apparently began in the garage and worked its way up toward the attic. The fire was contained at 1:25 a.m. On April 29, 1992 - the first night of the Los Angeles Riots following the acquittal of four Los Angeles police officers charged with beating Rodney King Rodney Glen King (born April 9, 1965 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an African-American taxicab driver who was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers (Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Sargent Stacey Koon) after being chased for speeding. - Miller was critically injured when he was shot in the face by a reputed gang member while rushing to a fire. Thurman Ivory Woods was subsequently sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading no contest to the shooting. Early on Friday, Miller said he and his family were asleep when something awoke his wife, Kathi, who in turn woke him up and went with him to the two front bedrooms above the garage where son Ryan, 9, and daughter Julianne, 7, were asleep. Looking out the windows they saw the glow of the fire in the garage below. They grabbed the children and ran out of the house. Neighbor Casey Sander Casey Sander (born July 6, 1956 in Washington D.C) is an American actor best known as the character 'Captain' Jimmy Wennick on the short-lived TV series Tucker. , the actor who plays Wade on the television show ``Grace Under Fire,'' ran over to assist the family. Sander, who suffered cuts to his arms smashing a window when he thought the family was still inside, said he admires how Miller is handling the situation. ``I feel very sad for them, but I also feel very lucky to have met a man like him who has handled this with such class,'' Sander said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Los Angeles firefighter Scott Miller reads off a lic ense plate number to insurance representative Janine Smith after a fire destroyed his family's vehicles. Jeremy Greene/Daily News |
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