POLICE HERO SAVES LIFE VS

AN 85-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS RESCUED FROM HER SALINAS HOME AS FLAMES LEAPED OUT OF WINDOWS LAST NIGHT. SALINAS POLICE OFFICER JASON SCOTT HEARD MARY HARRINGTON'S CRY FOR HELP, AND CRAWLED UNDER THICK SMOKE TO A REAR BEDROOM TO SAVE HER. HE CARRIED MARY OUT AS HE RUSHED THROUGH THE THICK CHOKING SMOKE TO SAFETY. THE STRUCTURE FIRE STARTED AROUND 8:30 THURSDAY NIGHT AT 32 PINE STREET. MS. HARRINGTON WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION. OFFICER SCOTT SUFFERED NO ILL EFFECTS FROM HIS ACTIONS. FIRE OFFICIALS CALLED OFFICER SCOTT'S ACTIONS HEROIC, AND CREDITED HIS SWIFT RESPONSE WITH SAVING THE ELDERLY WOMAN'S LIFE.