I rather be dead than let my son burn in a fire.

[DonCorleo]

SAN ANTONIO -- A father was tazed by San Antonio police while trying to save his infant boy from a house fire.

The incident occurred at around 2:30 a.m. Sunday during a house fire in the 100 block of Morningview Drive.

Investigators said the parents of the eight-month-old boy had dropped off their children at their grandparents' house. Somehow, a fire got started inside the home shortly thereafter.

The grandparents managed to grab one boy and rush to safety. That's when they realized one boy was still trapped inside.

Emergency crews and the children's parents arrived on the scene at around that time.

The boy's father tried several times to enter the burning home, but police held him back and ended up tazing him. SAPD said it was for his own safety.
The infant died from injuries sustained during the blaze.

Arson is under investigation. Police said the stories just don't add up.

No criminal charges have been filed.

The family is now looking for a new place to stay.

 

[papasmerf]

yup:COWBOY:

 

[RAWD]

That's awful. It was no doubt the right thing to do for the cops, but damn. That would F me up big time as a dad.....

 

[Boing]

That is sad, kudos to the cops.

 

[McGuinty]

yup:COWBOY:

Yup and Yup.

 

[Bridgette_xo]

It's such a difficult situation but so many times another family dies trying to save another. My heart goes out to the family.

 

[Admiral]

What a tough judgement call they had to make in seconds.

 

[HOF]

December 25, 1983, Greg (father) Tammy (eldest child), Sara (middle child) and Jon (youngest child) were caught in a house fire. There wife/mother passed away 5 months earlier from cancer. On this fateful Christmas morning at approximately 0300 hours my friend Tammy since kindergarten perished in a house along with her sister and father. Jon, the youngest, survived because his father Greg threw him out of a second story window; however Tammy & Sara panicked and were too afraid to jump; their father stayed with them and they joined their wife/mother. Thirteen years later, Jon committed suicide to be with his family.

This is a true story and Tammy was a dear friend, she died at the age of 15. Her sister Sara 12 and brother 10 at the time. Greg did everything he could to save his family but couldn't.

 

[Wanker]

December 25, 1983, Greg (father) Tammy (eldest child), Sara (middle child) and Jon (youngest child) were caught in a house fire. There wife/mother passed away 5 months earlier from cancer. On this fateful Christmas morning at approximately 0300 hours my friend Tammy since kindergarten perished in a house along with her sister and father. Jon, the youngest, survived because his father Greg threw him out of a second story window; however Tammy & Sara panicked and were too afraid to jump; their father stayed with them and they joined their wife/mother. Thirteen years later, Jon committed suicide to be with his family.

This is a true story and Tammy was a dear friend, she died at the age of 15. Her sister Sara 12 and brother 10 at the time. Greg did everything he could to save his family but couldn't.

Thanks for sharing Hof.

 

[Al Bumin]

Condolences pour in for L’Isle-Verte

The Quebec provincial police are beginning their investigation into a deadly fire at a seniors home as condolences continue to pour in for the victims.
Police in Quebec confirmed that three people died in an overnight fire at the Residence du Havre in the town of L'Isle-Verte, around 230 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. At least 30 others remain unaccounted for, they said.
Sgt. Audrey-Anne Bilodeau said police received a call about the fire at around 12:35 a.m. ET. The fire quickly spread, destroying the residence, before it was brought under control at around 5 a.m. ET, she told CTV’s Canada AM.

Read on.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/condolences-pour-in-after-fatal-seniors-home-fire-1.1652112

 

[HOF]

Christmas Eve 1983, I lost a friend in a house fire. Her mother had passed away six months earlier from cancer and her father, sister, brother and her were picking up the pieces for their year of firsts without their wife/mother.

They were trapped on the second floor of their home; her dad was able to get her brother to jump out the window but the girls were too afraid and father and his two daughters joined their wife/mother in heaven on Christmas Day 1983.

One added aspect that worsened this tragic day for me, my older sibling worked as body retrieval personnel for coroner's office and he picked my friend's and her family's bodies up. Just another reason why I loathe my sibling-but that's another story.

 

[Butch]

Condolences pour in for L’Isle-Verte

The Quebec provincial police are beginning their investigation into a deadly fire at a seniors home as condolences continue to pour in for the victims.
Police in Quebec confirmed that three people died in an overnight fire at the Residence du Havre in the town of L'Isle-Verte, around 230 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. At least 30 others remain unaccounted for, they said.
Sgt. Audrey-Anne Bilodeau said police received a call about the fire at around 12:35 a.m. ET. The fire quickly spread, destroying the residence, before it was brought under control at around 5 a.m. ET, she told CTV’s Canada AM.

Read on.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/condolences-pour-in-after-fatal-seniors-home-fire-1.1652112

[h=2]Those who have perished are now trapped under ice that is up to a foot thick, meaning that recovering the bodies will be painstaking.[/h]
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/01/23/3_dead_30_missing_in_quebec_seniors_home_fire.html