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Husband, 90, rescues wife in wheelchair from house fire

Monday, August 10, 2015
These photos show the damage when Arthur and Bernadette Schneider's home caught on fire.
Half of home was destroyed in the fire, which the family believes was started by a bolt of lightning.
The couple has been together for nearly seven decades, since shortly after they began exchanging letters while he served in World War II.
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