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‘No other choice’: Dad caught family members as they jumped from fire, but pregnant wife landed hard
Alaska Dispatch News ^ | 3/17/17 | Annie Zak

Posted on 03/18/2017 8:39:37 PM PDT by LibWhacker

Edited on 03/19/2017 12:03:45 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Andrew Engelking doesn't know exactly how he was able to catch his kids and break the fall of his pregnant wife as they leapt from their third-floor Spenard apartment to escape a deadly fire that destroyed the building a month ago.


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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: broke; caught; dad; family; fire; jumped; leg; pregnant; wife
There's a good video and lots of pics at the source.

Pretty amazing heroics by this young man!

1 posted on 03/18/2017 8:39:37 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

My wife was born 3 months early at 2.5 pounds.

And that was 49 years ago.

I have faith in the little tyke’s odds.

As for a miracle, the miracle is that God gave us bodies that could perform such feats if necessary.

I dont know if God intervened directly on this one, but he intervened long ago anyway when he gave us these miraculous bodies.


2 posted on 03/18/2017 8:45:15 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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Great story with a happy ending (in this case) ... There are lightweight rope and chain ladders which can be deployed at 2-3 stories and save your life. Something to consider!
3 posted on 03/18/2017 9:01:33 PM PDT by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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Holy cow, they make ‘em tough in Alaska! Glad they made it.


4 posted on 03/18/2017 9:13:52 PM PDT by EinNYC
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I’ve been there.

3:00 in the morning, kids and wife with a house on fire.

The dog saved our lives.


5 posted on 03/18/2017 9:18:47 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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praise the Lord for this family’s saving........


6 posted on 03/18/2017 9:21:35 PM PDT by Stayfree (LIBERALISM & STUPIDITY ARE BOTH INCURABLE MENTAL DISEASES OFTEN FOUND TOGETHER!)
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.”There are lightweight rope and chain ladders”

I wonder. This guy and his wife acted heroically of course I wonder, with the fractures and the deceleration trauma causing the premature birth (placenta rupture or something related) whether this is the billionth case in which people refuse to plan based on dependence on government or third party ‘health’ care


7 posted on 03/18/2017 10:19:23 PM PDT by stanne
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That is an amazing story. A tragedy but also a beautiful story of miraculous survival.


8 posted on 03/18/2017 11:30:56 PM PDT by TexasCruzin (Trump is the man. #TrumpPence16)
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To: LibWhacker

The kind of thing real parents do together.


9 posted on 03/19/2017 1:21:04 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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this is that Palin hate blog .

stop posting this dem front group trying to fool people into following it.

it’s a scam .

I reported you and this post .


10 posted on 03/19/2017 3:47:26 AM PDT by ncalburt
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My grand parents list there house during the depression to fire... All 13 kids survived as did the parents, but there were some heroic actions taken by the older children that night. They lost everything. But the town rallied around them and helped them through a very rough period. The Charity put forth by the community was a lifesaver.


11 posted on 03/19/2017 3:47:40 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancake, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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Actually, I thought those were required on buildings of 3 stories or more, if there’s no fire escape. I know my last 3rd floor apartment had one.


12 posted on 03/19/2017 4:10:34 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: ExSES
There are lightweight rope and chain ladders which can be deployed at 2-3 stories and save your life.

Good plan. But each member of the family should practice using the ladder at least once. Crisis is no time for experimentation. Don't buy one of these and then just put it in the closet. If you live on the third floor, practice from the first floor is OK too. ;o)

13 posted on 03/19/2017 7:13:13 AM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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