Grateful for his Legs, Teen Crash Survivor Rewires Fire Station
Kyle Cope was part of the crew that replaced lighting fixtures at Lower Macungie Fire Department's Wescosville station, Macungie Ambulance and Faust Towing after firefighters, ambulance crew and a tow truck operator saved his legs.
Township Commissioners meetings are not usually the forum for tears or standing ovations, but at Lower Macungie's Oct. 4 meeting there wasn't a dry eye in the room. Lower Macungie Fire Chief David Nosal approached the commissioners with an incredible story of bravery that ended with a surprising twist of integrity and gratitude. Around midnight on Feb. 27, 2012, the Lower Macungie Fire Department and Macungie Ambulance were called to the scene of an accident at Lower Macungie and Brookside roads. Seventeen-year-old Kyle Cope of Upper Milford Township lost control of his car and hit a traffic pole. The car hugged the pole in the same way a potholder wraps around the handle of a pot. Nosal passed around three photos of the scene, the kind …
