It was 8:30 when the
first firemen arrived to the place. The eight-floor building was
completely embraced by the burning flames. The fire was caused by a
shortcut in the 2nd floor, and it had spread all over the
building in less than 15 minutes. “There was nothing we could do ,
the structure was extremely unstable.” said the fireman Julio
Benitez. The apartment owners were outside staring at their burning
homes , shocked. Suddenly , a woman ran towards the building shouting
“My baby! My baby!”. She was stopped by two firemen who tried to
explain that it was to dangerous. The desperate woman told the
firemen that her baby was inside , in the 4th floor. Even
if it was almost a suicide mission , Bob Stil a eighteen-years old
fireman who had just entered to the Fireman Department took a deep
breath and entered to hell.
He ran as fast as he could , and arrived
to the 4th floor. There , inside a cupboard a little child
was crying. He took him in the arms , but when Bob was going down the
stairs , it caught fire and broke. There was no time to put the
truck's stair , so he decided to jump from the 2nd floor.
15 seconds after the young man and the child landed in a tree , the
whole building fell off.
Bob suffered a few
burnings , but the baby was returned to his mom safe and sound.
Further reports inform that Bob won a courage medal and continues
working as a fireman protecting and helping people.
