It's been one week since 40-year-old Jerome Cruz escaped the fire that took the home he shares with his mom.
Hospitalized at the Guam Regional Medical City and recovering from serious injuries he sustained, Cruz shared with The Guam Daily Post the moment he thought it was “over.”
Cruz arrived home on Monday, Sept. 26 after a long day of work — hungry, thirsty and exhausted.
“I was really tired and when I got home I was warming up the food that my mom cooked, when I was doing that I guess I nodded out a little bit, I fell asleep,” he said.
Cruz lived in a small tin and wood house in Pagat, Mangilao. His food was cooked on a portable gas stove that was near a couch. Cruz nodded off on the couch for only a couple of minutes before he awoke in pain.