Laura
12-13-2009, 01:51 PM
What a gesture of love!
from Gothamist:
http://gothamist.com/2009/12/13/si_senior_escapes_from_fire_dies_of.php
Senior Citizen Saves Wife From Fire, Dies of Heart Attack
A Staten Island senior rescued his wife from a fire that ripped through their New Brighton apartment on Saturday — but he suffered a fatal heart attack on the way out of the building.
John Anstett, 76, smelled smoke inside his home at around 7 am and brought his 70-year-old wife Lucille to safety, the Daily News reports (http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/12/13/2009-12-13_si_hubby_saves_wife_from_blaze_then_dies.html). But before they could get out of the building, Anstett — a retired plumber who usually wore an oxygen mask and rode a motorized wheelchair — collapsed.
"It was the scariest thing I've ever seen," neighbor Adriene Jones, 73, told the tabloid. "He looked bad. I knew that was it." His wife was treated for minor injuries from the blaze, which spread through their apartment in a city-owned housing complex for seniors. The fire may have caused by an electrical appliance, according to the Post (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/staten_island/si_fire_kills_wheelchair_bound_woman_NnhJzlbRstVEL 59h7Nc3fM).
from Gothamist:
http://gothamist.com/2009/12/13/si_senior_escapes_from_fire_dies_of.php
Senior Citizen Saves Wife From Fire, Dies of Heart Attack
A Staten Island senior rescued his wife from a fire that ripped through their New Brighton apartment on Saturday — but he suffered a fatal heart attack on the way out of the building.
John Anstett, 76, smelled smoke inside his home at around 7 am and brought his 70-year-old wife Lucille to safety, the Daily News reports (http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/12/13/2009-12-13_si_hubby_saves_wife_from_blaze_then_dies.html). But before they could get out of the building, Anstett — a retired plumber who usually wore an oxygen mask and rode a motorized wheelchair — collapsed.
"It was the scariest thing I've ever seen," neighbor Adriene Jones, 73, told the tabloid. "He looked bad. I knew that was it." His wife was treated for minor injuries from the blaze, which spread through their apartment in a city-owned housing complex for seniors. The fire may have caused by an electrical appliance, according to the Post (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/staten_island/si_fire_kills_wheelchair_bound_woman_NnhJzlbRstVEL 59h7Nc3fM).