Passerby Helps D.C. Family Escape Fire

Dec. 24, 2002
According to the passerby, the woman was at the window with a child dangling from her arms. "I was screaming, 'Let her go!' " the man told WTTG-TV (Channel 5). "But she was screaming, 'No! I can't do that!' "Firefighters arrived soon after the children were rescued and used ladders to evacuate the mother, 25, and a 28-year-old man.
According to the passerby, the woman was at the window with a child dangling from her arms. "I was screaming, 'Let her go!' " the man told WTTG-TV (Channel 5). "But she was screaming, 'No! I can't do that!' "Firefighters arrived soon after the children were rescued and used ladders to evacuate the mother, 25, and a 28-year-old man.

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