Ex-Marine heads into church blaze in rescue attempt

A retired Marine plunged into a blazing, smoke-filled church parking garage in search of victims of a fire that sent two people to the hospital last Friday.Torrance resident Dave McCarthy, 53, was waiting for his twin boys to finish basketball practice at American Martyrs Catholic School, 1701 Laurel Ave. when he smelled smoke coming from a nearby parking lot at American Martyrs Church.McCarthy, a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, ran to the lot shortly before 1:45 p.m. and s