VIDEO: Fire survivors praised the Memphis Fire Department (MFD) for heroic work that reduced the death toll in an assisted living apartment complex in the Raleigh community. While survivors and neighborsโ expressed grief for the person who died, one survivor told FOX13 sheโs grateful to God for her escape from the smoke-filled building Saturday night, allowing her to see another day.
“I feel blessed for that,” Northlake resident Delois Adams said, with tears streaming down her cheeks. “Yes, you know ’cause itโs like they say: things can be replaced, but you canโt be replaced. So I thank God. I do.” MFD reported its personnel on scene on Epworth Road led 20 people from the building, carrying five of them physically. Memphis Firefighters Association President Thomas Malone told FOX13 rescuing senior citizens requires extra care.
“You canโt just grab up people, you know, that are real old,” Malone said. “You have to take certain precautions with them. Itโs not like grabbing somebody and just getting them out. These people, you can do damage to them just by how you handle them.” Northlake resident Ethel Burton said the responding firefighters are heroes.
