{"id":28097,"date":"2014-07-27T06:27:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T11:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=28097"},"modified":"2014-07-27T06:27:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T11:27:19","slug":"hearing-impaired-man-rescued-from-burning-cypress-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2014\/07\/27\/hearing-impaired-man-rescued-from-burning-cypress-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing impaired man rescued from burning Cypress home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hearing impaired man rescued from burning Cypress home<\/strong><\/p>\n

by<\/span> KHOU.com staff<\/p>\n

Malini Basu \/ KHOU 11 News<\/p>\n

July 8, 2014<\/p>\n

CYPRESS, Texas \u2013 A hearing-impaired man was rescued from a burning house Tuesday in northwest Harris County.
\nThe fire was reported around noon inside a two-story house located at 14402 Lawton Ridge Dr. in<\/span> Cypress.<\/p>\n

James Osteen said he knew he had to act quickly after seeing flames erupt in the home. His 43-year-old son, Steve, who is deaf, was still sleeping upstairs and his12-year-old granddaughter was on the computer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I hollered there is a fire, she grabbed the phone to call 911. She was on the phone with them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But Osteen couldn\u2019t wait for firefighters.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy son was asleep upstairs and he\u2019s deaf so I had to get him out because we couldn\u2019t go upstairs. So I got my ladder,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Osteen set the ladder up against his window while his granddaughter also risked her own life to save her uncle.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe tried to go up the stairs to get him,\u201d he said. \u201cSmoke was too much. She came back outside.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cy-Fair volunteer firefighters showed up then and rescued Steve through his bedroom window.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is awesome. All their training came together today, they made a rescue, they got the people stabilized and off to the hospital. It worked like clockwork,\u201d Cpt. Brian Shirley said.<\/p>\n

The fire cause was found to be from discarded smoking materials in the garage.<\/p>\n

The victim pulled from the house and one other family member was taken by ambulance to a local hospital with smoke inhalation. A Harris County Fire Marshal Investigator was also transported with minor injuries.<\/p>\n

All have since been released from the hospital.<\/p>\n

SOURCE:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.khou.com\/news\/local\/Hearing-impaired-man-daughter-taken-to-hospital-after-fire-at-Cypress-home-266268821.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hearing impaired man rescued from burning Cypress home by KHOU.com staff Malini Basu \/ KHOU 11 News July 8, 2014 CYPRESS, Texas \u2013 A hearing-impaired man was rescued from a burning house Tuesday in northwest Harris County. The fire was…<\/p>\n

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