I love when we have the opportunity to share stories of courage and character. Today we covered a fire on Allen Place in Hartford where a woman in a wheelchair was trapped on the second floor.
The reason she is alive is retired Hartford Firefighter Hector Hernandez. Earlier Hernandez was driving by and saw the flames and then without any hesitation he jumped out of his car and into the burning building. Hernandez says once inside he could barely outline the victim because of all the smoke. When he finally reached her, she was terrified not being able to get out of the building on her own. Hernandez then carried the woman down 2 flights of stairs and out of harm’s way, not thinking about his safety once. When I complimented the 23 year veteran on his heroic efforts he humbly answered that the firefighter in him will never die.
