On December 7, 2002 Lieutenant peter Carey and Officer Daniel Harris of the University Police Department responded to the call of an explosion in the tower 3 dormitory at Buffalo State College.  Being the first to arrive on the scene there was no fire equipment in place yet, the officers entered the smoke filled building and began evacuating students.  The officers proceeded up through the floors and found the source of the explosion to be a dorm room on the eight floor. One of the walls in that room was totally incinerated from the heat of the fire, and the walls of several dorm rooms on either side had buckled from the explosion.  The rooms were fully engulfed in flames and the fire was spreading throughout the floor.  The officers struggled against the dense smoke looking for any trapped students.  They found an injured student in a stairwell and helped him to safety before proceeding up to the ninth floor, still without the aid of any fire equipment, to make sure that all the students had gotten out safely. As a result of their quick actions the lives of many students were saved.
      The 100 Club of Buffalo & Western New York recognizes Lieutenant Peter Carey and Officer Daniel Harris for their heroic actions of December 7, 2002.

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