A Floyd County 17-year-old was honored this week after he saved a family from a burning trailer last month.
On March 11, Jaxson Ott of Rockford was driving by a home in Nora Springs that was on fire and stopped to help two people, Anne Neve and her mother, Kendra Shaw, plus their newborn baby escape the dangerous situation.
For his heroic efforts, Nora Springs Farm and Fire presented Ott with a Certificate of Valor Award on Wednesday (04.02).
Fire Chief Mike Miller says Ott’s actions allowed them to focus on extinguishing the flames.
The cause of the fire was determined to be an electrical short in the wall, and the trailer home was deemed a total loss.
