By Erika Hernandez
Nov 11, 2024, 7:27 PM EST
Authorities reported that Texas firefighter pulls toddler trapped in window of burning apartment building in a daring rescue early Sunday morning, a heroic event that was captured on video.
A firefighter, identified in a Facebook post as “J. Head,” of Engine 26 of the North Hood County Volunteer Fire Department, was captured on a colleague’s body camera while broke a second-floor bedroom window in a burning apartment building in Granbury, allowing 2-year-old Liam Keen to be safely extracted.
The fire was first reported to Hood County 911 at approximately 12:50 a.m., after which firefighters were dispatched to the 300 block of Parkwood Lane. Upon arrival, they were informed of the situation.
“We have a two-year-old child on the second floor,” a firefighter is heard saying shortly after arriving at the scene.
The Granbury Volunteer Fire Department (GVFD) Engine 1 crew quickly moved the ladder closer to the window, Head climbed up and broke the glass, while another firefighter whose jacket had the name “Serratelli” on it appeared to pull Liam out. The boy was told to come closer when he heard the firefighters’ voices.
“He’s screaming, he’s crying, that’s good,” another firefighter observes as his colleague descends the ladder with the child in his arms.
Liam was taken to an ambulance, where he was treated before being escorted by helicopter to Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth to receive “more advanced care,” according to the Facebook post.
Liam’s mother, Phylicia Keen, reported that chest x-rays and blood tests came back good. However, Liam suffered carbon monoxide poisoning.
Phylicia Keen also tearfully expressed gratitude for firefighters’ rescue efforts, KDFW reported.
“I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for getting my baby out so quickly,” she said. “You guys don’t get the recognition you deserve, really.”
“We are all volunteers, but we are professionals,” the GVFD Facebook post concluded. “We train to the highest standards and expect that from all our members.
The cause of the fire remains under investigationaccording to KDFW.
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