VIDEO: A teenager’s courage helped save lives from a ferocious fire on Long Island.
She noticed flames coming from her neighbors’ house and got three people and their dog out of their burning home, CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported Wednesday. This house in Massapequa Park used to be home to eight members of an extended family.
On July 24, the Kliperas lost everything but their lives. They credit their lifelong next door neighbor 19-year-old Antonina Barry, who was in her own backyard when she saw fire on their patio.
“At first it really just looking like a small grill fire and it just progressed very fast,” Barry said. “The flames were just growing.
The smoke billowed, but no one was running out. So Barry ran in yelling, “The house is on fire! There’s a fire! We have to go out the back! Let’s go! Come on!” she said.