Heroism: Coeur d’Alene Capt. Rich Halligan, Firefighter Blaine
Porter  A water rescue in Idaho last year forced Coeur d'Alene
Capt. Rich Halligan and Firefighter Blaine Porter to think
outside the box in order to save the life of a 1-year-old girl
trapped inside a submerged car.  "I'm very happy, don't get me
wrong," Porter said. "I'm glad that the little girl is doing so
well, but I wish we were able to do more to save the boy."
Halligan said that as with every death that occurs during a
response, it's not something that firefighters should dwell on.
"You're happy you're able to save one," he said. "You just do
your best and save the ones that work out and have to deal with
the ones that don't.  "It sure would have been nice to save them
both, but it wasn't in the cards."  Both men credited their
training and planning with being able to successfully rescue the
girl.  "Have a plan in case things go bad," Halligan said. "When
we went back out we had the taglines. My big concern was that
the SCBA is an entire