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house and threatened to kill herself. First to arrive at the site, he saw the smoke already billowing out of the windows of a two-sto- rey house. “There was a lot of smoke,” he said. So much smoke that when he rushed in and climbed up the stairs to try and force the door of the roomwhere the woman was barricaded, he was forced to retreat, gasp- ing and choking from the fumes. He took a few minutes to soak a cloth and then, hold- ing that over his mouth and nose, went back inside and this time was able to break
down the door. Inside the room the thick smoke made it hard to see anything. But he managed to find the woman and despite her struggles to stay in the room, bring her out and then down the stairs and outside the smoke- filled building just as the fire trucks arrived. The woman is now under care in another community and the last Thibault heard she was doing well, getting the therapy she needed to overcome her past suicidal be- haviour. His action that day two years ago earned Const. Thibault commendations within
the OPP along with respect. It also earned him a visit June 7 to Rideau Hall where he received a Medal of Bravery from Governor General David Johnston. “You feel honoured,” said Const. Thibault about his award. “It’s nice to be recognized.” The 29-year police veteran has another 21 months or “219 shifts” as he puts it, chuck- ling, before he retires from the Force. Meet- ing the governor general makes for a good highlight ending for his career. “It’s a good way to end it, being recog- nized like that,” he said. “But I’m in my 29th year, and I still enjoy my job.”
GREGGCHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
OTTAWA | Two years later and the smoke is what Const. Jacques Thibault remembers most about one of his most thrilling and dangerous days on duty as an OPP officer. The day just after the official start of spring in 2011, while on patrol over in Bour- get, Const. Thibault answered a call about a woman who had barricaded herself in a
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