Family members are paying tribute to the young man who lost his life while trying to help his elderly neighbor escape a deadly brush fire in Lakewood last week. FOX13
Family members are paying tribute to the young man who lost his life while trying to help his elderly neighbor escape a deadly brush fire inZachery McDonough was a well-loved member of the Jamestown Estates mobile home community. His stepdad and brother Lance says he died on August 4 in the man's trailer as he was trying to get him out.
"For him to have autism and for him to put his life on the line, it still floors me. It’s a shock…and I can't stop crying," said Lance Daines, Zach's brother. "I’m guessing he went in the house to try to get Pat," said Fletcher. "I know he went in there to try to help him because he wouldn’t have put himself in that position for no other reason," said Fletcher. "That’s the way I have to look at it, was a hero he was trying to save the old man.
He says Zachary was his brother's given name spelling, but sometimes he liked to change the spelling to Zack to put his own twist on it. The two spent endless hours playing outside together in their youth. "I still have all their family stuff , stuffed into a 10 x 15 storage unit, I’ve been paying for, me and Zach have been paying for over a year," said Fletcher.
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Family members say Zach, who died while trying to save elderly neighbor, was a heroFamily members are paying tribute to the young man who lost his life while trying to help his elderly neighbor escape a deadly brush fire in Lakewood last week. FOX13
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