Loveland Fire Rescue Authority Lieutenant Shelby Vrem doesn’t remember collapsing during last year’s 9/11 memorial stair climb, or the frantic six minutes when he was in cardiac arrest and four members of his Station 6 crew fought to revive him. But he knows exactly what their actions meant that fateful day.

“Hearing this story, it makes me proud of all the training we’ve done together,” Vrem said. “I know I scared the ever-living hell out of them … but all I can tell them is thank you for giving me another day on this side of the dirt.”

Those thanks were directed at Lt. Alex Klinger, engineer Doug Vinzant, firefighter Trey Albrecht and firefighter Reid Nichols — the four whose fast, coordinated response kept Vrem from becoming just another name read at a memorial.

On Thursday, LFRA gat

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