By 70-Year-Old Veteran Battling Cancer Hailed as an ‘Angel’ After He Charged into Burning Home to Save Neighbors
A 70-year-old Air Force veteran from Salem, Illinois, is being hailed as a hero after he saved his neighbors from a house fire this week.
Marshall Helm had been driving his granddaughter to the bus stop early in the morning when the bus driver drew his attention to the smoke and flames emanating from the house next door.
Helm ran into the endangered house and opened the garage door only to find flames crawling up one of the building’s walls. Despite how the Vietnam veteran has been battling cancer, he did not hesitate to pass the flames and enter the house to make sure his neighbors were safe.
Gary and Kathy Benjamin were sleeping upstairs when they woke up to hear Helm screaming over the fire. Although they were confused by the commotion, they managed to run into the hallway and escape with Helm through the back door just as the flames engulfed the garage door he had entered just a minute earlier.
Thanks to Helm’s swift actions, the Benjamins only suffered a slight smoke inhalation, and although they lost their home in the fire, they are simply grateful to Helm for saving their lives.
“Lifeguard, lifeguard is all I can say,” Benjamin said. KMOV. His wife added, “Hero, he is our angel.”
If you’d like to help the Benjamins recover from the fire, you can donate to GoFundMe campaign released by his son Nicholas.
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