루이지애나의 한 가정 간호사가 하반신 마비 환자를 궁극적으로 그녀를 죽인 집 화재로부터 구한 영웅으로 환호를 받고 있습니다., 당국은 수요일 말했다.
The Delhi Fire Department responded to a call of people trapped in a house fire Monday just before 6 오후, the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal said in a statement. The nurse, 64-year-old Gwendolyn Theus, and the homeowner, a 71-year-old paraplegic woman, were pulled from a bedroom.
Authorities administered CPR, but only the homeowner was revived, 성명은 말했다.
“Ms. Theus’ valiant efforts to put her patient’s life before her own are both admirable and heartbreaking,” said State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning, “Our prayers are with her loved ones and with the surviving victim for her recovery and loss of her dedicated nurse and friend.”
A surviving occupant of the house told investigators Theus went to the homeowner’s bedroom to alert her to the flames, 성명은 말했다. She tried multiple times to wheel the woman’s bed out of the room, but was unsuccessful, authorities learned.
대신, Theus pulled the woman from the bed and attempted to push her out the window to escape the fire, 성명은 말했다. Before she could, Theus succumbed to the smoke.
Neighbors attempted rescue efforts from the bedroom window before firefighters arrived, 성명은 말했다.
The homeowner was revived and flown to a burn unit in Mississippi, and the other occupant of the house is expected to make a full recovery, 당국은 말했다.
