{"id":297194,"date":"2025-11-19T18:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/katerina-the-19-year-old-fighter-killed-in-germanys-2021-floods\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T18:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:04:57","slug":"katerina-the-19-year-old-fighter-killed-in-germanys-2021-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/katerina-the-19-year-old-fighter-killed-in-germanys-2021-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"Katerina: the 19-year-old fighter killed in Germany&#8217;s 2021 floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/5zh85f49etA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Katerina: the 19-year-old fighter killed in Germany's 2021 floods\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5zh85f49etA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Katharina Kraatz died doing what she loved most &#8211; firefighting. 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