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Bastrop Police Cpl. Chris Chavez was in his patrol car outside the Chevron gas station on Texas 71 in Bastrop when he got the call: Sixty-six-year-old Cynthia Demeritt was trapped in her bedroom that was quickly filling with smoke and she could see flames. It was just after 4 p.m. on Jan. 4, and Chavez raced to the Walnut Ridge Apartments just up the highway. When he arrived, he could see a group of people clustered at the window of a first-floor apartment and another officer, Monty Sanford, peering inside with a flashlight. Heat and smoke were pouring out of the living room, Chavez said. Sanford called to the woman inside to “come to the light.†Disabled and recently released from the hospital after surgery, Demeritt didn’t respond. Seconds later, the two men broke the window and Chavez jumped inside the burning apartment to rescue her.
“All I could think was “Let’s get this woman out of here,’†he said, recalling the incident. He grabbed hold of Demeritt and, with Sanford’s help, pulled her to the sidewalk outside, wailing and coughing. At a City Council meeting two weeks later, Bastrop Police Chief Steve Adcock played body camera video footage of the incident for a crowded room. After the tape rolled, he granted both men the “Life Saving Award†on Jan. 10 for their heroic efforts. “I didn’t expect an award,†Sanford said of the honor. “This is something that as police officers when we sign up we know we’re going to have to do this,†Chavez said. “The last thing we expect is to receive recognition because it is our job.†Chavez has been with the department eight years. Sanford is a three-year veteran.
Demeritt, who survived the incident in her burning apartment, was taken by ambulance to University Medical Center Brackenridge, then transferred to the Brooke Army Medical Center’s burn center in San Antonio, Bastrop Fire Chief Mark Wobus said. She was still recovering in the hospital last week, he said. The fire was contained to her apartment, officials said, but the damage was extensive and both Demeritt and her husband won’t be able to return to the home. Texas Firewalkers, a nonprofit who helps fire victims, is assisting the family with lodging and supplies. Fire officials last week said the cause of the blaze was accidental. Wobus said Demeritt fell asleep in her chair with a lit cigarette and it ignited the chair. He said her oxygen tank helped spread the fire. Some other units in the complex suffered smoke damage, Wobus said. Staff at the Walnut Ridge Apartments did not have a cost estimate for repairs last week.
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did they stomp on the laptop or not? 😀
Come to the light……
Come to the light.
Not at my age.
She was just taking her time coming out because she wanted to check she turned everything off.
I'm surprised she is even walking after inhaling loads of smoke.
Why didn't somebody move all that junk from near the window and what's with the bloody laptop on the floor. Move it out of the way!
It's her own fault.
Now I need a COCA COLA
This is why we need to abolish the police
I expected her to casually walk up to the window in her bathrobe and slippers with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth.
0:26 I see they brought their laptop to safety before dog and grandma.
O shit shes says she can see the light.
"Come to the light!"
"Come to the light, now!"
"Stop resisting!"
*shots fired
Wait, why didnt these cops shoot this innocent woman and her dog? Isnt that all they ever do?
The white man saves the day!
Officer: "Where's the husband?!"
Husband: "ah, I'm just over here chillin"
This was nice to watch. Heros need more of em.
I do my job everyday too.should i post it on youtube to show people i am a hero?
Apparently the husband was fine with her staying in the building and she wasnt in a hurry to be reunited with him.
Show this to the defund the police group 😅
Hallelujah
Those cops could have died. A couple breaths of that smoke can be deadly.
Fuck 12
Coca Cola ads have really gotten out of hand now days.
Props to the Cops!
Hiros i entered my own burning house one day to save my father and dog. Its difficult but saved luckely
Good stuff
Good job coppers.
nice work officers very nice
Lol shes like im coming,im coming, just let me find my dang chapstic😂
Where was the fire dept?
That lady had no desire to live
I need more patience, if it were my mother in law i would have grabbed her and got her out by her neck!!! Lol
damn dude these cops need more recognition, amazing work!!!
… but the state of the room!!
Im always curious how the fire started
What's on the laptop
Hero s aman great job
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Videos like this keep me sane. Seeing goodness.
Yes. Lets defund the Police so they aren't there to protect us and save our lives when we need help the most. That sounds like a GENIUS idea! I wonder who started it! They are amazing people with such clear thoughts!
cnn be like: two cops set fire on woman and dog's apartment
She was just in that smoke like it was some weed or air what a machine they was like miss pls we burning its hot shes just tip toeing over and talking like the heat and the smoke is nothing what a monster she is god said that the longer u live past 70 its do to strength
plot twist she was in there hot boxing and didnt want to leave