Angel Gaitan, a Houston firefighter, is being hailed as a hero after saving three of his colleagues from a devastating apartment fire. Gaitan, an Army veteran who commutes from San Antonio, explained how he felt a sense of destiny leading him to that day. He was able to quickly get the firefighters out of the burning building, despite the intense heat and flames.
The Houston firefighter credited with heading straight into harms way and saving the lives of three fellow firefighters in an apartment fire is speaking to us exclusively about that fateful day.Houston firefighter Angel Gaitan, 32, is an Army veteran who commutes all the way from San Antonio to Houston to work.Gaitan quit the fire department after working there for one and a half years."My car was breaking down almost every time I came.
RELATED: 3 Houston firefighters injured while battling fire at apartment complexAt some point, Senior Captain Edward Escamilla, Firefighter Darren Jones, Firefighter Jonathan Guzman became trapped.Thirty minutes before his shift was over, Gaitan got the call. "Things happened. The building flashed. That’s when the mayday was dropped," said Gaitan."There was fire all around us, it was behind us.
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