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Jan 5, 2005

Pvt. James Stewart and an unidentified truck driver pull 57-year-old Cornelius J. Mahar from his burning tractor-trailer cab after it collided with another vehicle Monday on Interstate 87 in New York. Also pictured is Pfc. Charles Meskunas who helped drag Mahar to safety. Not pictured are Pfc. William Patnode and Pfc. Gregory Lafountain who dropped off Meskunas and Stewart and then went to call for help. All four Marines are currently assigned to Recruiting Station Albany, N.Y., on the Permissive Recruiters Assistance Program. The Marines were on their way to RS Albany for recruiters? assistance training when they happened upon the accident.

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