A teacher is being applauded for her quick-thinking when a fire broke out on the other end of a virtual session with a first-grade student.
Monday wasn’t a regular school day for 7-year-old Christian Powell Jr., a D.C. Prep student who has been learning online.
“I was reading a book. We were on a break. ... I went to the bathroom. When I came back, there was a fire,” Christian said.
While he was attending class virtually at his grandmother’s house, a fire started in the attic. His teacher, who was monitoring him, was one of the first to notice the smoke.
“She told me to move my computer so she could see and then she told me to go to a parent,” Christian said.
That teacher also called 911.
“If it wasn’t for the quick action, it would have been worse,” said Lysandra Lawrence, Christian’s grandmother.