{"id":4650,"date":"2016-02-24T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=4650"},"modified":"2016-02-24T12:07:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T12:07:00","slug":"brave-dad-dies-saving-his-child-from-a-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/brave-dad-dies-saving-his-child-from-a-house-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Brave Dad Dies Saving His Child From A House Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buffalo, New York.<\/strong> 24 year-old\u00a0Demetrius Johnson<\/em> <\/strong>woke up on Friday of last week to the smell of smoke. His house<\/a> was on fire. Instinctively he helped his\u00a0fianc\u00e9e,\u00a0Tempest Thomas<\/em><\/strong>, and children – 8 year-old Treasure\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>and 15 month-old Demaris<\/strong>\u00a0– to escape\u00a0the burning house. But once outside, he realized that\u00a0his three-year-old\u00a0son Demetrius Jr.<\/strong><\/em> was still inside<\/em>. So he rushed back in…<\/p>\n

Once inside, the flames and smoke were too much to bear. He couldn’t get to his son and<\/em> successfully escape. But he did something incredible which saved his son’s life. At the tragic expense of his own. He put Demetrius Jr. in a closet, shut it tight and then succumbed to smoke inhalation. Firefighters were then able to rescue the child. But sadly not his father.<\/p>\n

William Johnson<\/strong><\/em>, Demetrius\u2019 brother, told Buffalo News: “Tempest told Demetrius, \u2018Don\u2019t go back in there, it\u2019s too bad\u2019\u2026. My brother said, \u2018I\u2019m not going to let my son die.\u2019 My brother died a hero, that\u2019s all there was to it. He was an angel. He died doing everything he could do to rescue his family.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Here’s more on the sad story:<\/p>\n