Injured firefighter out of ICU after tree limb fell on him

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — A firefighter is in serious condition after he was pinned under a tree. A limb fell on him Sunday while was clearing the roadway.

Fire Chief Pat Wilson told Channel 2's Chris Jose that Lt. Adam Moss is still in the hospital, but he's already up and walking around.

Virginia Neill lives on Sargent Farmer Road, and remembers the day of the accident vividly.

She said two firefighters were trying to remove a limb that covered the street.

“He had it on the ground,” Neill said. “And he went to cut a limb, because the tree was big. The limb was huge.”

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Neill said the limb fell on top of Moss, and she called 911.

“It was so heavy, they couldn't lift it off of him,” Neill said. “So they just kept cutting on it, and he just kept crying, 'Please get this limb off of me. It's hurting.“'

Wilson said he got the phone call about the incident while he was at church.

“You're thinking the worst-case scenario. I’m thinking, 'Is he conscious? Is he going to be able to talk?'” Wilson said.

He immediately rushed over to the emergency room at Atlanta Medical Center, where Moss had been taken.

“You know it's not a good news call,” Wilson said. "Adam was just in a place where he couldn't get out of there quick enough."

On Tuesday, Moss' co-workers are on the job with one man down. They'll visit Moss as soon as they are off the clock.

“We're gonna support you,” Wilson said. “And those are the words I said to him on Sunday.”

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