Reisterstown Firefighter to Receive Martin Luther King Jr. Award

Emergency Medical Technician and volunteer firefighter Justin McCracken rescued a woman from the second-floor balcony of a burning senior living facility a few years ago.

That heroic act is only one of many he has performed, according to a news release from Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Tonight, Hopkins will honor McCracken with the Johns Hopkins Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service award.

In addition to his EMT job, he puts in 20 hours each week at the . He has helped with fundraising efforts to benefit the station and organized clothing and food drives, the release said.

McCracken will become one of seven Johns Hopkins Hospital employees to receive the award, which was first given out in 1982.

He will be recognized at Johns Hopkins University's Turner Auditorium in a ceremony for employees.

Speakers at previous Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorations include Louis Gossett Jr., Lynn Whitfield, Cicely Tyson, Danny Glover, the late Mrs. Coretta Scott King and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the release said.