Youngstown Vindicator 1.7.2001

YOUNGSTOWN- Two local residents have been named one of over three dozen people who made a difference in the Mahoning Valley during the past year. They both rescued others from Youngstown fires. Abdul Lateef, 17, a 2000 honor graduate from Watkins Christian Academy and first-degree black belt tae kwon do instructor and teacher, rescued two residents from their burning High Street home on the city's South Side 5 May 2000. Osachin Taylor, 22, of 354 E. Lucuis Ave. in Youngstown, climbed a ladder April 29 to reach a neighbor's smoke-filled, second-story window. City firefighters said Taylor's efforts helped them rescue 1-year-old Brian Brown, who wasn't breathing but later was revived.