{"id":117,"date":"2024-09-11T19:23:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T19:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=117"},"modified":"2024-09-11T19:23:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T19:23:56","slug":"uncle-left-with-third-degree-burns-after-running-into-burning-building-to-save-8-year-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=117","title":{"rendered":"Uncle left with third-degree burns after running into burning building to save 8-year-old girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Washington man is rightfully being hailed a hero after charging into a burning home to save his eight-year-old niece.<\/p>\n<p>Reports detail how 20-year-old Derrick Byrd suffered second and third-degree burns on his face, back, and arms, having rushed into the building when he became aware his niece was trapped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/news\/local\/i-dont-care-if-i-got-burnt-worse-or-died-heroic-uncle-would-do-it-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Speaking to KOMO-TV<\/a>, he said: \u201cEven though I got burnt, I really didn\u2019t care, though. I\u2019d rather get burnt than her. She\u2019s young. She\u2019s still got a lot of stuff going for her. She\u2019s a good kid.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-33656\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33656 lazyautosizes ls-is-cached lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/07\/05221020\/ABC.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 652px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/07\/05221020\/ABC.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/07\/05221020\/ABC-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/07\/05221020\/ABC-768x403.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/07\/05221020\/ABC.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/07\/05221020\/ABC.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/07\/05221020\/ABC-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/07\/05221020\/ABC-768x403.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-eio-rwidth=\"1200\" data-eio-rheight=\"630\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/video\/heroic-uncle-rushed-burning-home-save-niece-hed-64203245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Credit: ABC News<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The fire, at a home in Aberdeen, Washington is believed to have started while Byrd and six other family members were inside, including his sister, Kayla, and her three children.<\/p>\n<p>Byrd caught his nephews, Junior and Royce, when they jumped from a window on the second floor. His eight-year-old niece Mercedes, however, was too afraid to jump after having watched Kayla fall from the roof.<\/p>\n<p>Without thinking, Byrd dashed back into the house to rescue her. Within moments, he could feel the flames on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could feel it burning me,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got her and took my shirt off and put it around her face so she wouldn\u2019t breathe in any smoke and I just carried her out as fast as I could.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>True hero<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>What\u2019s more, despite suffering injuries, Byrd said he would do it again if he had to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d run back in there and do it again even if I got burnt worse or died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on all those dubbing him a hero, he simply replied:\u00a0\u201cI can\u2019t say a hero. I\u2019d just say for my niece and nephews, I wasn\u2019t going to let them die.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Uncle who saved niece from house fire says he would \u2018do it again\u2019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mIpu5D3qGAc?feature=oembed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>What a genuine hero Derrick Byrd truly is. In moments like that, people\u2019s true colours are shown, and Derrick can certainly be proud of his.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Washington man is rightfully being hailed a hero after charging into a burning home to save his eight-year-old niece. Reports detail how 20-year-old Derrick Byrd suffered second and third-degree burns on his face, back, and arms, having rushed into the building when he became aware his niece was trapped. Speaking to KOMO-TV, he said: &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}