ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, September 28, 1996           TAG: 9609300041
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: A-1  EDITION: METRO 


PROFILE IN COURAGE


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ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  NHAT MEYER Staff. Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Hall, who 

rescued a teen-aged couple from their burning car on Tuesday,

received the state's Traffic Safety Award of Valor on Friday in

Roanoke. Robert Strickler (left), chairman of the 16-county Blue

Ridge Community Traffic Safety Board, said Hall's compassion and

bravery after the accident on Interstate 581 prompted the award.

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by CNB