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Rio firefighter trades hose for horn to extinguish the blues

by Associated Press
| April 9, 2020 12:03 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Decked out in full firefighting gear, Elielson Silva stands 150 feet above the ground atop a retractable ladder poking up from a red fire truck.

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