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Hero saves elderly neighbor from house fire
I really am a sucker for stories like these. Moments of emergency bring out some of the best things in people.
Reported by various local media affiliates, the rescue occurred on Tuesday, February 3rd, after a house in Arlington Heights caught fire with two elderly residents trapped inside. A 90-year-old man managed to escape, only to try to go back for his 85-year-old wife.
Confined to a wheelchair, she was stuck inside…That’s when a neighbor as yet-unidentified arrived with a sledgehammer and used it to gain entry into the home in time to rescue the woman. The neighbor later emerged with the woman in their arms, and all three were taken to the hospital before being discharged later.
