{"id":18920,"date":"2023-07-15T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=18920"},"modified":"2023-07-16T06:48:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T06:48:07","slug":"marine-veteran-pulls-women-from-burning-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=18920","title":{"rendered":"Marine Veteran pulls women from burning building"},"content":{"rendered":"

In November 2022, Terry Bagley, Sr., 70, Maryland VA<\/a> employee and a Marine Corps Veteran, was walking to the grocery store to pick up some pasta for the Thanksgiving meal he was preparing<\/p>\n

A house in his neighborhood exploded and he heard someone cry for help.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were people standing around not doing anything to help. The others held me back and told me not to run into the house, but I yelled \u2018Oorah\u2019 and went in,\u201d said Bagley.<\/p>\n

His split-second decision was engrained in him from his Marine Corps training and his South Carolina roots.<\/p>\n

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Marine Veteran Terry Bagley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

He carried a mother and daughter to safety. When he rushed into the house a third time to rescue the father of the family, the house collapsed around him, causing him serious injuries, including a broken pelvis, femur and hand. The third person he was attempting to rescue died in the fire.<\/p>\n

Not sure he would survive, placed in medically induced coma<\/h2>\n

At the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center where paramedics transported Bagley, it wasn\u2019t clear if he\u2019d survive his injuries. Clinicians placed him into a medically induced coma and delayed a surgery until his heartbeat became stronger.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I carried out the ladies, they were badly burned, their hands and arms burned down to white. The whole side of the mother\u2019s face was burned,\u201d said Bagley, who wondered if he would have been able to save the third individual trapped in the burning house had he\u2019d been younger and stronger.<\/p>\n

Now recovered, the unstoppable Bagley returned to work at Baltimore VA where staff members welcomed him back to work and recognized his heroic actions with an award presentation July 7.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud of you and happy to see you back. There was a time we didn\u2019t think you were coming back,\u201d said Rosenzweig, associate director for operations.<\/p>\n

Bagley survived polio as a child, the toxic water at Camp Lejeune and service in Vietnam. His twin brother Jerry and his family rallied around him during his recovery and took turns sitting with him during the Thanksgiving holiday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t regret saving the ladies, but sometimes I do regret running into the burning house because of all the pain I\u2019m in,\u201d said Bagley who now uses a cane.<\/p>\n

Still, Bagley wants his coworkers and others to know that, \u201cHelping others, helping each other,\u201d is the most important value and its own reward.<\/p>\n

Bagley is part of the Environment Management Service at the Maryland VA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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