Florida Police Race to Rescue Amputee From Burning Home
Dramatic bodycam footage released on April 14 shows the moment police rescued an amputee from a burning home in southwest Florida, seconds before firefighters arrived.
Video posted by Cape Coral Police Department shows the rescue unfold on March 27.
One person was transported to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries. The fire may have been caused by an oxygen tank explosion, local media reported. Credit: Cape Coral Police Department via Storyful
Video transcript
[ALARM BEEPING]
- Hello!
- [INAUDIBLE]
- Cape Coral Police! Cape Coral Police, can you hear us?
- Yeah, I can hear you guys.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
- Come on. Come on. Come out of the house. Come out of the house.
[RATTLING]
Come on. Bend down. Bend down. Come out.
- [INAUDIBLE]
- Who else is in there?
- My husband, who's an amputee, and my two dogs.
[ALARM BEEPING]
[HISSING]
- [INAUDIBLE]. Switch.
- I think the dogs are still in the house. I don't know where they're at.
- [INAUDIBLE]
- Hold your breath, Nick.
- [INAUDIBLE]
- He's got to get air. He can't get air.
- All right. Hold on.
- [INAUDIBLE]
- Can you get out of the chair? Can you get out of the chair?
[BARKING]
- No, he can't get out of the chair.
- Yeah, I can get out [INAUDIBLE].
- Here, you need help?
- We need-- we need you [INAUDIBLE].
- [INAUDIBLE] the door [INAUDIBLE] open.
- I can't. It's broken.
- [INAUDIBLE]
[BARKING]
- [INAUDIBLE] got [INAUDIBLE].
- We got a seat over here? [COUGHS] House is evacuated. [INAUDIBLE] [MUTED] smoke.
[DISTANT SIRENS BLARING]
- [INAUDIBLE]