A Spring Valley man was honored earlier this month for saving the life of an 8-month-old girl during a fire. Jean Donald Mathieu sprang into action during a fire at a West Eckerson Road apartment building. He was awarded the Liberty Medal by Rockland’s State Senator Bill Weber, who says Mathieu scaled a fence and climbed up a fire escape ladder to rescue the baby…
Mathieu also helped two adults escape down the ladder from the third floor of the building.