That mantra is the key to our annual Operation 7 Save-a-Life campaign, which kicks off this month. My honor to host this campaign since its inception at WABC-TV in 1999. In fact, it's one of the most important things I do for Eyewitness News. And it's especially significant this year as the FDNY celebrates its 150th anniversary.
We have saved lives, no question. Through our partners - Kidde, the FDNY and other fire departments throughout the Tri-State, Home Depot, Toyota and the Hearst Burn Unit at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center - we have given out hundreds of thousands of Kidde smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, free, to people who otherwise can't afford them.
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And that has saved lives. And what greater public service is there than that?
We'll do it again this month - and it includes a half-hour special, on Saturday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. -- a program that offers some very important information -- about how to survive an emergency and how to be prepared for one.
I hope you can watch - and watch with people you love. Because if you can learn just one thing that can save a life, then all that we do in this campaign is worth it. Because one death from fire, is one too many.
- Operation 7 Live Chat: Coming up January 21st - share your questions with our experts!
- Find out more about our special half hour, airing January 24th at 7:00 p.m.
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