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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) - One
neighbor called them all heroes. DC Fire and EMS
Chief Dennis Rubin agrees. Rubin thinks two
boys, ages four and six, are alive thanks to
firefighters and medics.
The fire broke out at 2400 Alabama Avenue in
Southeast just after 6:00 Sunday morning. A
neighbor ran to the firehouse just a block away.
Within minutes Sgt. Danny McCoy, assigned to
Truck 16, had found the two boys in a back
bedroom and handed them over to other
firefighters and medics. EMS Lt. Edward Winslow
said the boys were in respiratory arrest. That
means they weren't breathing, but their hearts
were still beating.
Firefighter/Paramedic Dave Brown and Firefighter
Paul Ridgely and others worked on the children.
Brown and Ridgely said after about five minutes
of pushing oxygen into their lungs the boys
started to show improvement. Lt. Winslow
believes the prognosis is good.
Chief Rubin says it is unclear who, if anyone,
was with the children when the fire broke out.
Rubin says the fire started in the kitchen. |
