5yo girl saves 2yo sister
Published: January 18, 2006
Five-year-old Karla Cuevas-Rivera is a hero.
The Hickory girl walked into her kitchen Friday evening and saw the stove on fire. Her 2-year-old sister also was in the kitchen. Karla reacted immediately.
She grabbed Monica, ran out of the kitchen, making sure to shut the door, and got her mother and younger brother.
“She’s our angel,” said Juan Cuevas-Rivera, the girls’ father, who was at work when the house caught fire. “I’m just thankful she was smart enough to get everyone out of the house.”
Cuevas-Rivera said he is pretty amazed his oldest child knew how to react in that situation. He and his wife, Lorena, have taught their three children not to play with matches, that fire is bad and never touch anything hot.
But kids are kids, he said.
Last year, Karla learned the hard way not to touch hot things. Despite being told repeatedly not to mess near the chimney, Karla touched a poker used to move coal and logs in the chimney.
“I told you it was hot,” Cuevas-Rivera remembers telling her.
He thinks it was that lesson which made Karla react so quickly when she saw the stove on fire.
Cuevas-Rivera doesn’t know if he can live in his house again. He’s not too worried about all that now, though. Thanks to the Catawba Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross, the family has a place to stay, food to eat and supplies to keep warm with. They are also working on finding temporary housing.
“I’m thankful for the Red Cross and all their help,” he said. “I’m thankful my family is alive.”
When a fire causes enough damage, the Catawba Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross takes action. They can supply food, clothing, shelter and other needs.
The Red Cross responds to needs around the clock. Just in the last five days, they’ve helped three families affected by fires.
The public can help the Red Cross help the community.
The Red Cross is kicking off its “Be a Hero” campaign. To become a hero, a person, business, church or other organize can donate $1,000 to the Red Cross. It can be an individual or group donation.
All funds donated will be used to help families affected by disaster and the emergency personnel who respond to them.
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