Firefighter suffers third-degree burns – this is him 7 years later
Patrick Hardison, a volunteer firefighter, suffered severe injuries in a house fire while trying to rescue a woman in 2001. He sustained third-degree burns to his face, scalp, neck, and torso, losing most of his facial features. Despite enduring 71 surgeries, he couldn’t eat, blink, or form normal expressions. For years, he lived with pain…