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Woman, 93, From Burning Car
LANTANA, Fla. -- Three homeless people who pulled a
93-year-old woman from her burning car Thursday are being
credited as heroes.
"We just happened to be in the right place. I believe God put us
there for a reason," said Renee Streisant, a homeless woman who
helped with the rescue.
Streisant said she and two other homeless individuals were
standing in front of The Lord's Place thrift store on Hypoluxo Road
in Lantana around 3:15 p.m. Thursday when a traffic collision
caused the elderly woman’s car to catch fire. Streisant said she and
the other two individuals pulled the woman out of the burning car
before rescue workers arrived.
You don't hesitate. You don't think this car is going to burst into
flames and kill me, or burst into flames and kill her," Streisant told
WPBF News 25.
Streisant said the elderly woman, whose name has not yet been
released by police, was a well-known helper of the homeless and
a volunteer at a center in West Palm Beach.
"I didn't even know who was in the car, to be honest, and then I
found out it was someone near and dear to the area," Streisant said.
The woman was taken to Delray Beach Medical Center for
treatment. She was listed in critical condition Friday.
Streisant said she is currently looking for a job as a nanny, and just
happened to be in the right place at the right time to help. She told
WPBF she hoped people would look at the homeless a little
differently from now on.
"All people do good deeds everyday -- we just happened to be
three people that are homeless. We aren't homeless people first --
we are people," Streisant said. Read More/Watch Video... Used by permission Copyright 2008 by WPBF News 25 West Palm Beach FL. All rights reserved. This |