Louisville truck driver honored with Meritorious Service Medal for rescuing MSD worker

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville sanitation truck driver credited with saving an Metropolitan Sewer District worker trapped in a well was honored Tuesday.

Keith Ware received the Meritorious Service Medal from Anchorage Middletown Fire and EMS. In June, Ware happened to be in the right place at the right time. He heard the MSD worker's cries for help and found her 20-feet deep in a well.

Ware immediately called for help and stayed with the worker while crews rescued her.

"You always want to do whatever you can when you find someone in distress," Ware said Tuesday.

First responders honored Ware for being alert and helping to save the woman's life.

"Thanks to his ability to notice that something didn't look right, he actually stopped and did something about it, which a lot of people wouldn't necessarily do," said Pat Walsh, chief of Anchorage Middletown Fire and EMS.

It took crews about 25 minutes to pull the woman to safety.

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