2 Barnstable Officers Honored For Saving Woman's Life In Fire

BARNSTABLE, MA — Two Barnstable police officers were honored by the New England Association of Chiefs of Police for saving the life of an elderly woman in a house fire.

Officers Nelson Souve and Marcus Cunningham received the Medal of Valor in a ceremony on Tuesday.

The fire happened around 3 a.m., Feb. 2. Police said Souve and Cunningham placed their own safety aside, entered the burning home, and found the unresponsive 68-year-old woman on the kitchen floor.

Souve and Cunningham carried the woman out of the house and across the street, where they gave her CPR with the assistance of other officers. Emergency officials took the woman to a Boston Hospital.

"Officer Souve and Cunningham’s quick and heroic actions that night are a shining example of the bravery and selflessness they demonstrate as proud members of the Barnstable Police Department," Barnstable police said in a statement on their Facebook page.