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Gainesville fire hero honored by award, community support
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Tray Ross stands in front of the burned-out house where he rescued a blind man last November. - photo by Tom Reed
Hall County firefighter in-training Tray Ross already is a hero to Rev. Victor Lamar Johnson. When Ross was 20, he entered a burning house to save his father, Harold Johnson Jr., who at 76, was legally blind and trapped in the kitchen. “I know who a hero is.