Local firefighters four-time world champions in combat challenge
Millbrook’s Jake Lanier climbed, lifted, ran and exerted himself at maximum capacity while wearing more than 40 pounds of gear to complete the 3M Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge as the world’s fastest American firefighter.
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