Samantha hadnt pulled him to safety. Burton tells us his father is going under surgery for a broken hip sustained during the rescue. The apartment as you can see is a total loss. Burtons son does say the apartment manager has promised to fix it. And in the mean will put his father up in a different unit. We will have much more on our website and in the 11 00 news, more stories from the brave people who did in rescue today. Live in antioch, katie utis abc 7 news. Thank you. San francisco and other bay area communities will open shelters early this week to keep people warm during a blast of winter. A live look outside at the golden gate kwam its a cooler. Drew tuma has more. How cool. Right now all surf a light jacket. But this time tomorrow the find winter coat, hat, gloves, skafb because winter winds will bring colder air tomorrow evening. Out there right now we have a mixed bag of 50s and 60s. 69 in vallejo, 55 in oakland. A comfortable 63 in fremont and Half Moon Bay at 52. But a dra
Way. Katie. Quick thinking and bravery is what saved that man today. I want to show you behind me. Thats the charred debris from inside the apartment. And this is the office chair the neighbor used to rescue the man after she ran into the burning building. You can see smoke pouring out of the apartment on pepper tree way. Samantha barnhouse saw the smoke from her apartment and realizing nobody was around to help she ran inside. Smoke filled the home and she found the elderly man trapped in his room. He couldnt debt out on his own. She put a robe over his face to protect him and pulled him out in the office chair. The kitchen had gotten five times worse. The entire house is superblack. Smoke everywhere. And i feel the heat on my back. Reporter and the two fell out the front door and into the arms of an officer who arrived on scene. Firefighters say that burton wouldnt have survived this samantha hadnt pulled him to safety. Burton tells us his father is going under surgery for a broken h