The outrage of Detroit firefighters packing up and leaving as a house burned in nearby Highland Park continues.
The victims, who lost everything, said Detroit firefighters saved no one -- despite their claims.
Sharon Mayhawk told WDIV she dropped her three children -- five, three and one -- out a second-story window to her husband, Brandon Lightsey. After the three catches, he broke Mayhawk's fall as she jumped.
Mayhawk’s sister-in-law, Brittany Lightsey, who lives downstairs, said she walked out.
They are adamant that Detroit firefighters did nothing to save their lives.
Detroit Fire Commissioner Chuck Simms explained: “Even if they saw them at the door and helped them out, they still assisted in getting them to safety.”
Asked if they helped Lightsey get out, she told a reporter: "No, absolutely, not."
Firefighters from various departments also confirmed when the order was given to pull out and wrap up, there was no water on the fire.
Yet, the commissioner stands behind the lieutenant who ordered the interior crew out and to wrap up.
Lightley is livid. “You’re pulling out like the main thing. This is somebody’s home. Politics and all of that shouldn’t be included into it at all. If you have water and tools to get the fire out, then that should be the first objective.”
“Our lives are changed now because they were arguining about whose going to save who,” Lightsey said. “Like this fire department pull-out. It was a hot mess.”