Common Council member Fred Visconti pulled a sleeping man out of bed while the man's bedroom burned during a fire this afternoon on Mountainville Avenue.
"Talk to Fred Visconti, he's the hero," said J.R. Mitchell, the owner of the house that caught fire at 12:05 p.m. today.
Mitchell was not in the house at the time, but his two sons, Rob, 18 and A.J., 21, were in their bedrooms. A.J. said he was listening to music in his first-floor room when he heard the smoke detector alarm.
He went upstairs to his brother Rob's room, saw smoke, and yelled for his brother to get out of the house.
A,J, ran out of the house to call 911, only to realize his brother was still upstairs.
Meanwhile, Visconti, a retired firefighter who lives about three houses away, spotted the smoke while in his backyard.
He went to the house and made his way upstairs to Rob, who was still asleep as his bedroom burned around him.
"I had to grab him out of bed," said Visconti, his face still smeared with soot. "Once he was up, he realized what was going on and he got out."
Rob Mitchell was taken to Danbury Hospital, where he is being treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns, according to fire officials.
The second floor of the house suffered extensive fire damage.
Deputy Fire Marshal James Johnson is investigating and as of 1:30 p.m. firefighters were still on the scene.
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
The amended complaint states that plaintiffs sought to remedy the continued discriminatory and unauthorized enforcement of federal immigration laws against the Latino residents of the City of Danbury by Danbury's mayor and its police department.
Plaintiffs allege that the arrests violated their Fourth Amendment rights and the Connecticut Constitution because defendants conducted the arrests without valid warrants, in the absence of exigent circumstances, and without probable cause to believe that plaintiffs were engaged in unlawful activity. In addition, plaintiffs allege that defendants improperly stopped, detained, investigated, searched and arrested plaintiffs. Plaintiffs also allege that defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights when they intentionally targeted plaintiffs, and arrested and detained them on the basis of their race, ethnicity and perceived national origin. Plaintiffs raise First Amendment, Due Process and tort claims.
Plaintiffs request declaratory relief, damages and attorneys fees.
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
