Brooklyn, NY – A second-alarm fire ripped through a home in the Midwood section of Brooklyn Thursday morning, and some students at a nearby school are being hailed as heroes.
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The fire broke out on East 35th Street just after 10:30 a.m., and heavy smoke spewed through the area.
A nearby Orthodox Jewish school was evacuated, and it was the quick thinking of three teenage boys that saved the lives of a woman and her daughter.
The fire started on the second floor of a house, and Kenya Robinson was inside. She was on the first floor with her 2-year-old and had no idea the the flames and smoke were taking over.
Helen Lebowitz lives in the attached home to the left.
“I smelled smoke, looked outside and looked against her house and saw movement, like flames,” she said.
But students at Yeshiva Tifere Israel knew something was wrong.
“It was a lot of smoke,” student Albert Grazi said. “It was increasing as time went on, and we all ran down…We wanted to go and see if we could help in any way.”
They didn’t hesitate and ran out of class.
“Us three ran downstairs, we knocked on the door on the right, heard the dog barking and she didn’t know there was a fire,” student Daniel Caler said.
“We told the lady, she thought something was burning in the oven or something,” student Danny Tliv said. “She grabbed her child. The dog ran back in the house, she ran out.”
When the boys first got to the house, for a split second they thought about running in.
“We just tried breaking down the door, even just to scream from there,” Grazi said. “I would have been scared to go in the house, it would have been a little dangerous.”
Ira Brown, of the Heaven Can Wait Rescue for animasl, also happened to be in the right place at the right time. He lives down the block and rushed to help. Firefighters had pulled a Yorkshire Terrier out of the fire, unconscious and in shock.
Ira gave him oxygen and focused on getting him stabilized and to a vet.
“He was struggling to breathe, but wasn’t giving up,” he said. “As long as he keeps fighting to breathe, he’ll have a chance.”
Kol Hakavod boys, for making a kiddush HaShem. Maybe the adults in our midst will learn something from your actions.
What a קידוש השם.
I don’t understand, they saved the dog or what
please say tehillim for the dog—legend ben yorkie
Way to go Brooklyn. keep it up. you need to give us some balance for the chilul hashems going on in Monsey.
The dog was saved by a yid who knew how to take care of him. The firefighters helped the people.
Gevaldik. I hope they lead with this at 11. We need some good PR for a change.
But what about the people?
I think all they did is warn the neighbor who’s house was right next to the fire, that there is danger next door and it could spread.
thanxs a million dani this is why i love you keep on making those great kiddush hashems thats the type of boys i like
The Yeshiva boys did a real mitzva and made a Kiddush Hashem by saving people. Ira Brown is a frum Jew who is very involved with animal rescue and rehabilitation. What a wonderful demonstration of being concerned about Tzar Baalei Chaim. All in all it was a beautiful story form beginning to end.