{"id":8938,"date":"2010-01-12T20:52:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T01:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=8938"},"modified":"2010-01-12T21:55:40","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T02:55:40","slug":"neighbors-deaf-man-saves-woman-from-burning-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/01\/12\/neighbors-deaf-man-saves-woman-from-burning-apartment\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbors: Deaf man saves woman from burning apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neighbors: Deaf man saves woman from burning apartment<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Kevin Peters, Ron Trevino \/ 11 News
\nPosted on January 11, 2010<\/p>\n

******<\/p>\n

PASADENA, Texas\u2014 A deaf neighbor saved a woman from a burning apartment at
\nabout 6:30 a.m. Monday in the 1100 block of Red Bluff.<\/p>\n

Residents of the complex said one of the buildings caught fire, and it
\nspread quickly.<\/p>\n

A woman was trying to escape her apartment when the flames blocked the
\nstairs and she became trapped on a second-story balcony.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when neighbors said Darell McCollough, a deaf man who lives across
\nthe parking lot from the burning building, sprung into action.<\/p>\n

McCollough jumped in his white Jeep and drove it over to the flaming
\nstructure, stopping just under the balcony.<\/p>\n

He urged the woman, Lorenda Flanagan, to jump over the railing.<\/p>\n

“He kept screaming at her, telling her to come over, come over the side. The
\nlady finally got up on the railing and actually jumped off onto his hood and
\nwhen she hit the hood she slipped and fell down to the concrete,” neighbor
\nStanley Dowlearn said.<\/p>\n

Flanagan was not hurt.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ll thank him every day, every day I\u2019ll wake up I\u2019ll thank him,\u201c she said.
\n\u201cI\u2019ll pray for him every day I wake up.”<\/p>\n

Neighbors described McCollough as the kind of man who would give you the
\nshirt off his back and said he always has a Bible on the dash of his SUV.<\/p>\n

“He’s very religious, and he’ll help anybody he can,\u201d Mike Montgomery said.
\n\u201cHe’s a very good person.”<\/p>\n

There was no official word on the cause of this fire, but investigators
\nspeculated that it may have started on top of a stove kept on overnight by
\nsomeone trying to stay warm.<\/p>\n

Through an interpreter, McCollough told 11 News that he was just thankful
\nthat everyone was OK.<\/p>\n

“Thank Jesus for saving those people,” McCollough said in sign language.
\n“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”<\/p>\n

Source:
\nhttp:\/\/www.khou.com\/home\/Neighbors-Deaf-man-saves-woman-from-burning-apartment-81168192.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neighbors: Deaf man saves woman from burning apartment by Kevin Peters, Ron Trevino \/ 11 News Posted on January 11, 2010 ****** PASADENA, Texas\u2014 A deaf neighbor saved a woman from a burning apartment at about 6:30 a.m. Monday in…<\/p>\n

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