John McCaa: In 1987, I covered an apartment fire that left four children dead. Even though my photographer and I were first one the scene, we chose not to use...
Smoldering debris remained after Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to an apartment fire on April 1, 2022. Columnist John McCaa remembers covering an Arlington apartment fire in 1987 that took the lives of four children.Sometimes the mind is the last part of you to retire, and depending on what it holds on to, that can be a good thing and a bad thing.
Around us, neighbors started to gather as more fire and rescue equipment arrived. From amid the murky fumes still spitting from that window, the arm of that firefighter’s protective jacket emerged. In his hand, an exceedingly small child, head back, clearly unconscious, clothes covered with what looked to be soot. At the top of the ladder, a second firefighter snatched the child from the first and handed the youngster, not yet school age, down to the urgently awaiting arms of would-be rescuers.
They did all they could but despite their efforts that morning, four youngsters perished: a 6-month-old, a 17-month-old toddler, and a pair of 3-year-olds. Three other children and their teenaged babysitter were injured but survived. Fire investigators suspected the children had gotten hold of matches when the babysitter went to the restroom. She later told them the bathroom door had become stuck and she had had trouble getting out.
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