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From left: Elgin firefighter Dave Talbot and carpenter Rick Golowacz of Creation Carpentry chat with Dawn Rodriguez over lunch at Elgin Fire Station No. 5 on Friday, September 21, 2012. Rodriguez brought the station lunch after they returned to her house unnanounced to install a handicap accessible ramp at her home after an emergency call had brought them to her home earlier this year. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Dawn Rodriguez talks about her gratitude with firefighters from Elgin Fire Station No. 5 over lunch on Friday, September 21, 2012, after they returned to her house unannounced to install a handicap accessible ramp following an emergency call to her home earlier this year. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Carpenter Rick Golowacz (left) flips through a scrapbook Dawn Rodriguez made for him and firefighters from Elgin Fire Station No. 5 to say thanks for the installation of a handicap accessible ramp on her home earlier this year. Rodriguez bought the station lunch and dropped by to say thanks on Friday, September 21, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
ELGIN — Dawn Rodriguez had a small emergency on Memorial Day weekend that not only put her in touch with Elgin firefighters but gave her newfound mobility. Rodriguez, 41, is a little person and has been using a motorized wheelchair since she was about 19 …
