'I figured I better try': Good Samaritan rescues infant from CLE house fire

CONCERNS AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP. >> FIRST AT 5.30, FIREFIGHTERS WERE USING A 62 YEAR-OLD MAN FOR SAVING A BABY TRAPPED INSIDE A BURNING HOME. SO THIS ALL HAPPENED THIS MORNING AT A HOME ON WEST 100ND STREET IN THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. NEWS 5 SPOKE WITH THE MAN REPORTER CLAY LEPARD LEARNED HE JUST HAPPENED TO BE PASSING BY ON HIS WAY TO WORK. >> IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WAS SMOKE EVERYWHERE. I SEE A BIG SPARK AND IT JUST SHOOTS INTO MY TREE IN THE FRONT COURT. JUST KIND OF GOES RIGHT UP IN THE PLAINS. NEIGHBORS WATCHED AS A FIRE TORE THROUGH THIS CLEVELAND DUPLEX RUSHING OUTSIDE. INVESTIGATORS SAY WAS A WOMAN CARRYING HER 11 MONTH-OLD CHILD. BUT AS JOHNSTON COVID LEARNED AS HE WAS PASSING BY ON HIS WAY TO WORK THAT MOM HAD TWINS. MYLA WAS FOUND. >> TREE LIKE RIGHT WITH THE OTHER BABY. I GOT I SHOW YOU MY BABIES IN THE HOUSE EYES WITH FIREFIGHTERS ON THEIR WAIST TO COVID NEW FIRE. WOULDN'T WAIT. I WANT IN THE FIRST TIME AND I COULDN'T FIND HER. I CAME AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I ASKED HER WHERE SHE WAS AND BIG SO I RAN BACK AND HIT THE FLOOR CROW I FELT A BIG 8 ON THE FLOOR. BUT THE SMOKE WAS SO BAD. I WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE. AND I HEARD A BABY CRYING LIKE. >> RIGHT IN FRONT I JUST JUMP FORWARD. AND I HOLLERED AND ARMS GRAB THE BABY. BUT I'M ROBERT OUT SO THIS GUY LITERALLY. >> I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS AND WHERE HE CAME FROM. A RELIEF FOR MARDI BRA NICHE SHARES OTHER CHILDREN WITH THAT MOTHER. GOD BLESS HIM, THOUGH HE WENT IN AND >> SHE HAD ONE OUT OF THE HOUSE. SHE SAID SHE HAD TO PICK ONE BECAUSE IT WAS AND ALL THE REST HIS LIFE WENT INTO THAT HOUSE TO BRING THAT BABY OUT. MAZIN JOB THIS MORNING WITH THE CHILDREN SAFE. FIREFIGHTERS STILL HAD A FIRE HERE QUICKLY SPREADING. IN FACT, WE'RE TOLD THAT WHEN THEY GOT HERE, ONE FIREFIGHTER GOT TRAPPED AFTER THE 2 DECKS HERE. SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE. >> COLLAPSED FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR. >> PORCHES, BOTH PANCAKE COLLAPSE, CRASHING DOWN. WE'RE TOLD THAT FIREFIGHTER WAS SAFELY PULLED FROM THE COLLAPSE WHILE ANOTHER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A SHOULDER INJURY IN ALL, INVESTIGATORS SAY OF THE HANDFUL TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. EVERYONE IS EXPECTED TO BE OK, THERE IS NO CHILD THAT IT SHOULD DIE IN A IT DIDN'T HAPPEN TODAY. THAT'S A GOOD THING IN CLEVELAND. >> HARD NEWS. 5.

Channel: News 5 Cleveland

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Keywords: Cleveland, baby, fire, house, saved

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Length: 2min 35sec (155 seconds)

Published: Mon May 06 2024