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UPI reports that on January 30, 2009, 25-year-old Adolfo Valle was on his way to the grocery store when he accidentally turned down the wrong street. Well, the wrong street to take him to the store, anyway.
Valle, who came to the United States from Mexico just last year--legally--was trying to make his way back to the proper route when he noticed smoke coming from the home of 82-year-old Ruby Brown in Newport, Kentucky. Without hesitation he rushed into the burning building, where Brown was huddled with her daughter, 55-year-old Pauline Bullock, and son, 58-year-old Harold Moore. WCPO. com reports that Brown and Bullock would have been able to escape the flames, but Moore would not have been as he has cerebral palsy and is wheelchair-bound. After struggling unsuccessfully to carry Moore out, the two women had determined that they would stay with him no matter what; if they couldn't all escape, they would all perish together. So the three remained in the burning building, calling for help and praying for divine intervention.
Those prayers were answered as Valle who, ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Wrong turn?(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(fire hero Adolfo Valle)