Randy Pierce says he was walking home from the store when he saw smoke coming from his apartment building. He climbed three flights in thick smoke to rescue his cat and save his military documents. "When I got to my apartment it was full of smoke. I had to get my cat, my ID and important stuff." He says. "My military records are all in here, so." He said, patting a thick paper folder. "Me and her got out alright." When WHO Radio News talked with Pierce, he was sitting on a doorstep across the street in the rain, holding his cat, watching firefighters across the street at East 16th and Grand Avenue.