Not not all heroes wear capes. One man wore a cast. 27-year-old Altavious Powell rescued his 93-year-old neighbor Maria Cabral by using a cast on his broken arm to shatter a window.
Each night Cabral lights a candle in the corner of her home, however, this past Monday the flame intensified and her home ablaze.
Powell, who lives across the street from Cabral, saw smoke and rushed to her home.
Cabral was still trapped inside when Powell arrived. Powell used his cast and a plastic chair to enter her home, WSVN reported.
“I said, ‘Maria, Maria, where you at?’ And she said, ‘I’m right here,’ Powell told WSVN. “She was right here standing on the wall, so I just grabbed her with one arm. She looked up at me and she just said, ‘Thank you.”
Powell and Cabral were both taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center for smoke inhabitation. Cabral is still recovering, but Powell was unharmed from the incident.
Cabral’s son told WSVN: “She wouldn’t have gotten out of the house alive if that man didn’t come here.”
After Powell heard many deemed him a hero, he simply said:
“I’m just glad I was able to do it and I got it over with, and everybody is safe now.”
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