{"id":415109,"date":"2026-09-30T22:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T22:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/415109\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T22:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T22:20:08","slug":"florida-cops-save-bed-bound-person-during-apartment-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/415109\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida cops save bed-bound person during apartment fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two Florida police officers rescued a bed-bound resident from an apartment fire last week.<\/p>\n

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Police said the rescue happened in St. Petersburg on Thursday afternoon as the cops assisted firefighters at the scene by knocking on doors to evacuate the building\u2019s residents.<\/p>\n

When an officer knocks on a door on the second floor, a woman in the video tells him there\u2019s a bed-bound person in the unit who needs help getting out. The cop then calls out to another officer downstairs for assistance.<\/p>\n

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With no wheelchair available and smoke steadily entering the unit, the two officers carry the person out of the unit<\/p>\n

\u201cI got you, buddy,\u201d one of the cops tells the individual, who appears to be an unidentified young person wrapped in a blanket, down a set of stairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got you man, no worries,\u201d the other officer adds.<\/p>\n

Once safely outside, the two cops continue to reassure the person by telling him he\u2019s OK.<\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s office identified the two officers who assisted the evacuee as Deputy Areostatico and Deputy Hery.<\/p>\n

According to a U.S. Fire Administration report titled Civilian Fire Fatalities in Residential Buildings (2017\u20132019)<\/a>, physical disability was the second leading human factor contributing to fatalities in residential buildings at about 30%.<\/p>\n

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