Freek (63) saved a neighbor from a burning house in Valthe, but something is still nagging. ‘I’m not the same man as before’

Hardly days go by that Freek Dijks (63) from Valthe is not back in the burning house of his neighbor opposite him on the Holakkers, last October. Flames and a thick smoke screen, he can’t see a thing in front of his eyes. Yet he risks his life for his 74-year-old neighbor. He eventually finds him by touch, lying motionless in front of the couch.

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