A 20-year-old uncle bravely ran into a burning home in order to save his young niece, and suffered second and third-degree burns.
A 20-year-old uncle bravely ran into a burning home in order to save his young niece, and he says, despite the second and third-degree burns he suffered, he would do it again.
On Thursday morning, a fire broke out at his home and his eight-year-old niece, Mercedes, along with his two nephews, Junior and Rory, were trapped inside on the second floor. According to Byrd, he and his sister, Kayla, were able to catch the two boys after they leapt from an upstairs window, but Mercedes was too afraid to make the jump.
He continued:"I just ran up the stairs and pushed through the fire. I could feel it burning me. I got her and took my shirt off and put it around her face so she wouldn't breath in any smoke. And I just carried her out as fast as I could." "I'd run back in there and do it again, even if I got burnt worse or died," Byrd told the outlet."Even though I got burnt, I really didn't care. I'd rather get burnt than her. She's young. She's still got a lot of stuff going for her. She's a good kid."
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