Posted on 11/12/2022 7:09:04 AM PST by lowbridge
An elderly Missouri man died with his wife in a house fire Thursday after he refused to escape to safety without her.
Dispatchers told Kenneth Zerr to flee his New Melle home that was quickly becoming consumed by flames, but he opted to stay inside to find his wife, Phyllis, the couple’s son told KSDK.
“The dispatch told my father to come out of the house and my father said, ‘I’m not leaving my wife’ and stayed with her. Until the end,” Andy Zerr said as he fought back tears.
Phyllis had fallen from her wheelchair onto the floor of their master bedroom, New Melle Fire Chief Dan Casey told CBS. When Kenneth couldn’t help her up, he stuffed towels under the door in an attempt to keep out the smoke.
Fire officials had entered the Tall Cedar Court home to rescue the couple, both 84, and made it into the back bedroom, but were blocked from the couple by the rapidly growing inferno, the New Melle Fire Department said.
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So very sorry
RIP, and prayers for their families and friends.
I envy you. I can find some personal dark humor in this, but as a Southern Gentleman, I recognize that this is neither the time or the place to say it.
May they Rest in Peace, and travel eternity.
It’s going to be interesting when you meet your judge and the first thing he says is “Now what is this that you said about my mother?!”.
Enjoy that day!
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