Looking Back – October 3

Tina Long, flanked by her daughters, Lyndsey, left, and Crystal, posed with some of the more than 100 volunteers who helped build the family's new house on 14th Street during a Columbus Housing Partnership Building Blitz in 1994. From The Republic archives

2009

Passers-by rescued a man from a fiery traffic crash at the corner of Marr Road and County Road 450N.

1994

Close to 100 workers completed a 1,246-square-foot home in less than two weeks in the second Housing Partnerships Inc. Building Blitz.

1969

The 71st Special Operations Squadron at Bakalar Air Force Base received the Air Force’s highest unit citation, the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, in recognition of its performance as a combat AC-119 gunship unit while serving in Vietnam.