"Like all eight of the OCFA patients, Andrew continues to show the same strength and courage that makes him a tremendous hand crew firefighter," OCFA Capt. Thanh Nguyen said. "That excellence was on full display during the Airport fire as Andrew and the rest of the OCFA's Santiago Hand Crew put their life on the line to protect life and property."
Brown received a round of applause from colleagues and hospital staff, while some waved handmade support signs, as he exited the facility's elevator. He was accompanied by a family member and was wheeled out in a gurney by fellow firefighters.
Brown, who wore a neck brace and foot restraint, was taken via ambulance to an awaiting jet. On the tarmac, a cadre of firefighters stood watch until he was placed in the jet and it departed.
He'll receive treatment at the Englewood facility, which refers to itself as a world-renowned, premier center for specialty neurorehabilitation and research for people with a spinal injury and brain injury.
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