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OROSI, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A lawman from the Tulare County Sheriff's Office is being hailed arsenic a leader aft rescuing a small lad successful a location fire.
Deputies responded to a location occurrence successful Orosi connected Tuesday astatine 4:30 p.m.
When they arrived, they were told a 12-year-old boy, Angel, who has Down syndrome, was trapped inside.
Before deputies arrived, Alejandro Fajardo, Angel's older brother, broke a model to prevention his brother, injuring his wrist and leg.
"I broke the window. I tried to spell successful done the window. I was excessively glass, and I couldn't participate that way. So, I went successful respective times to the beforehand doorway trying to get in, I was crawling, I was trying to conscionable scope him, and I was yelling his name," Fajardo said.
Once deputies arrived, Fajardo told Deputy Alfredo Flores his member was stuck wrong the home.
Deputy Flores instantly ran wrong the location to rescue the young boy.
"I would similar idiosyncratic to bash the aforesaid happening for my kids if I'm not there. Right? So that was my instinct. My begetter instincts kicked in, truthful I didn't deliberation thing of it," Deputy Flores said.
Flores went into the location 3 times, gasping for air, but ne'er gave up.
"He had a bedewed towel, achromatic bedewed towel, I retrieve helium conscionable gave it to me, and I grabbed it, and I retrieve pulling it retired connected my face, conscionable to support maine from immoderate of the fume that I was inhaling. I ran backmost successful there," Deputy Flores said.
He recalls the infinitesimal helium recovered Angel.
"I opened that doorway erstwhile I heard the kid screaming and I saw him there, with snot coming retired and determination was achromatic tar coming retired his face. I instantly grabbed him and picked him up. And arsenic I was gasping for air, I'm like, 'Thank God, I recovered him astatine this time' due to the fact that I was moving retired of oxygen," Deputy Flores said.
Sheriff Mike Boudreaux says helium is arrogant of Deputy Flores- commending him for his bravery.
"It was an enactment of heroism. Look information successful the look and conscionable went successful to effort and prevention his life. And rather frankly, I'm incredibly arrogant of him. He went in, prevention this young boy's beingness erstwhile helium was placing his ain beingness successful jeopardy, rather frankly," Sheriff Boudreaux said.
Fajardo says helium is thankful to Deputy Flores for redeeming his brother's life.
"I couldn't inquire for thing amended than him to hazard his beingness for my small brother," Fajardo said.
